Clips Help pastes unwanted stuff into the xhtml file

philja · 10-30-2024, 05:51 PM

After some editing where I was using clips, I had a strange error flagged by epubcheck. It turned out to be the following dropped into an HTML tag :

Code:

Right click for menu to add groups and entries.  Edit or re-order any item.   Use right click in editor to select which entry to paste.

When the clip window is open, an item at the top says 'Clips Help'. Usually, this can be taken as a sort of invite to click and find help, but 'Clips Help' is itself a clip and when clicked it inserts the help text into wherever the cursor happens to be.

I'd say this is an undesirable outcome and surely not intended. Was it intended to display its help message when hovered over by the cursor?

KevinH · 10-30-2024, 06:05 PM

Yes and you can edit or remove that clip just like any other clip. It is demonstrating what a clips does. The clip itself is called Clip Help.

philja · 10-31-2024, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

Yes and you can edit or remove that clip just like any other clip. It is demonstrating what a clips does. The clip itself is called Clip Help.

Yes, ok. I already removed it.

KevinH · 10-31-2024, 10:45 AM

Or just read the Sigil User Guide.

10-30-2024, 05:51 PM	#1
philja Addict Posts: 265 Karma: 516 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Europe EEC Device: Kindle Fire HD6 & HD8	Clips Help pastes unwanted stuff into the xhtml file After some editing where I was using clips, I had a strange error flagged by epubcheck. It turned out to be the following dropped into an HTML tag : Code: Right click for menu to add groups and entries. Edit or re-order any item. Use right click in editor to select which entry to paste. When the clip window is open, an item at the top says 'Clips Help'. Usually, this can be taken as a sort of invite to click and find help, but 'Clips Help' is itself a clip and when clicked it inserts the help text into wherever the cursor happens to be. I'd say this is an undesirable outcome and surely not intended. Was it intended to display its help message when hovered over by the cursor?

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10-30-2024, 06:05 PM	#2
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,760 Karma: 5706256 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Yes and you can edit or remove that clip just like any other clip. It is demonstrating what a clips does. The clip itself is called Clip Help.

10-31-2024, 10:45 AM	#4
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,760 Karma: 5706256 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Or just read the Sigil User Guide.

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