Be careful if you switch screens

[DaleDe]

I was converting an area that I have copied into Sigil and it had created it as a pre defined area. I needed it to be a table so I started building my table manually in code mode. At one point I decided to review the window where I had gotten the source and I switched to that window to look at something and then switched back. Imagine my surprise when tidy messed up my unfinished table and combined it with another table further down in the eBook. What a mess!

It seems that if you take the window focus away from Sigil it resets the view to the top in code view and runs tidy against whatever it there. You have been warned. Be very careful if you switch windows. I would recommend you not start a table without coding a /table immediately and then fill in the content.

Dale

[theducks]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I was converting an area that I have copied into Sigil and it had created it as a pre defined area. I needed it to be a table so I started building my table manually in code mode. At one point I decided to review the window where I had gotten the source and I switched to that window to look at something and then switched back. Imagine my surprise when tidy messed up my unfinished table and combined it with another table further down in the eBook. What a mess!

It seems that if you take the window focus away from Sigil it resets the view to the top in code view and runs tidy against whatever it there. You have been warned. Be very careful if you switch windows. I would recommend you not start a table without coding a /table immediately and then fill in the content.

Dale

Tidy can rear its ugly head. Been there, had it do me in like you said.

Always place the matching CLOSING tag, then fill the space between

[Valloric]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

It seems that if you take the window focus away from Sigil it resets the view to the top in code view and runs tidy against whatever it there. You have been warned. Be very careful if you switch windows. I would recommend you not start a table without coding a /table immediately and then fill in the content.

This window-focus problem only rears its ugly head on WinXP. It doesn't happen on Vista/Win7 or any Mac or Linux version.

I've yet to track it down. Any attempt to squash this so far has broken other OS's.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Valloric

This window-focus problem only rears its ugly head on WinXP. It doesn't happen on Vista/Win7 or any Mac or Linux version.

I've yet to track it down. Any attempt to squash this so far has broken other OS's.

That has to be a pain to find .

Ubuntu (any Linux, really) does not support my Aluratek USB Video 'card' that drives my 3:4 portrait monitor that Sigils book View is displayed upon (I detach the browser to a landscape display).