Enhance insert tag/fragment tool

[jjk]

In Calibre editor, currently we have two tools (amongst others) which are very useful for my needs :
1) The "Insert a tag" tool which allows to open a tag before selected text and to close it after selected text
2) The "fragment" tool which allow to insert some structured text by hitting Control+J just after have entered some trigger text
Is there a way to have the possibility, like the insert tag tool, to open a tag with attributes before selected text and to close it after selected text.
Example :
I select "blabla" then I use Insert_a_tag tool "p". It is transformed to

<p>blabla</p>.

I wish to be able to transform it in

<p class="myclass" lang="fr-FR">blabla</p>

It is a little similar to fragment tool, but in this one, inserted texts are entered by user after having hit Ctrl-J.

If there is no way, Kovid, could you add that feature ?

[jjk]

Sorry, I just saw that this feature exists already.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by jjk

Sorry, I just saw that this feature exists already.

Where? Because I haven't seen it...

[retiredbiker]

It is in the add tags tool at the top of a code view screen. You can define tags to add:

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by retiredbiker

It is in the add tags tool at the top of a code view screen. You can define tags to add:

Thank you!

[jjk]

Also this thread concerning a not well known feature of snippets :

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

yes, snippets can surround text, read the bottom couple of parapgraphs of https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/sni...tml-link-tag-a

and to expand ctrl+alt+t to the parent tag, after pressing it simply hold down shift and move the cursor beyond the edge of the closing tag and press catrl+alt+t again.

So, there are 2 possibilities to surround any selected text by a tag with attributes.

[jjk]

Add tag tool is easier to use. With snippets we have to hit twice Ctrl-J, but management of snippets is more enhanced than Add tag management.
Kovid, could you add the ability to edit existing tags in add tag tool ? Currently we can just delete or add tag but not edit it.
And even manage a list of tags (with or withut attributes) ordered by tag and with folding ability. For example we should have this list :

+ p
   p class="class1"
   p class="class2" lang="fr-FR"
+ span
   span class="big"
   span class="small"
div
h1

[kovidgoyal]

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...b7e2c2c80573c3

[rjwse@aol.com]

My add tags tool is so over-filled its many columns extend to the right beyond the screen. I cannot access to delete any or all of them. Is there any way to edit the list directly? (My kludge buildup here is from many years of experimentation. I have always used the shift-ctrl-arrow-left and there is no way I see to edit or delete when using it that way.)

[kovidgoyal]

You can always just edit the list directly in the config file, tweak_book_gui.json

[rjwse@aol.com]

"You can always just edit the list directly in the config file, tweak_book_gui.json"
That did the trick! Thank you for quick response. Best regards, Pop

[jjk]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...b7e2c2c80573c3

Wooh ! You are Usain Bolt ! I am very happy to wait the next release

[rjwse@aol.com]

The insert tag of 9.4 looks very nice; easy to use and understand. I appreciate this enhancement and will be using and enjoying it. I do all my writing in the text editor of calibre itself and also use the snippet feature in combination with inserting tags. Beyond that, I adhere to a heretical sect and frequently used classes beyond styles. My CSS is chock full of .this and .that, usually they are dot followed by first letters of the style phrase. For example:
.bgclg {background-color: lightgray;},
.db {display: block;},
.df {display: flex;},
.dg {display: grid;},
.dib {display: inline-block;},
.dn {display: none;},
.tac {text-align:center},
.aic {align-items:center},
.jcsa {justify-content:space-around},
.jcse {justify-content:space-evenly}
I have a hundred of these and some cannot be used commercially due to constraints and limitations of various reading devices. However, the usage is very simple: just plunk down <sometag class=""> then insert the class shortcut letters (without the dot) and calibre also puts in the closing tag. Editing is very simple; just put in a different or more tags. My CSS is an ever-expanding list. Unused entities are deleted upon finalization of .epub file, so it ends up clean. When I hit C in the main screen the .epub renders into .pdf acceptable to Amazon for paper books. Easy-peasy. Best regards, Pop