Suggestions for Sigil Improvements or New Features - Page 17

Leilu · Yesterday, 01:43 PM

Hi,

I'd love it if, when I select text in the preview tab, the same text gets selected in the code as well, and vice versa. This would make it much easier to quickly locate the exact position of errors.

KevinH · Yesterday, 02:09 PM

I am sorry but we can get you close but not that close. We use the concept of a web path inside the Preview DOM tree where you click to determine the approximate location within the file in CodeView. The problem is that the DOM tree needs to be normalized so that sequential text nodes are properly merged into one but this normalization action resets the Preview cursor losing its location. It also requires the text being edited in CodeView to be fully well formed and properly constructed so the Preview WebPath can match a CodeView tag path. So given how locations are shared between a text position in CodeView to a Web path to a normalized text node and visa versa, the syncing is imprecise but should be very close unless javascripts have changed the DOM.

So this is not going to happen.

Sorry.

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Yesterday, 01:43 PM	#241
Leilu Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2023 Device: Kindle Oasis 3 / Kobo Libra 2	Hi, I'd love it if, when I select text in the preview tab, the same text gets selected in the code as well, and vice versa. This would make it much easier to quickly locate the exact position of errors.

Yesterday, 02:09 PM	#242
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 9,410 Karma: 6733754 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	I am sorry but we can get you close but not that close. We use the concept of a web path inside the Preview DOM tree where you click to determine the approximate location within the file in CodeView. The problem is that the DOM tree needs to be normalized so that sequential text nodes are properly merged into one but this normalization action resets the Preview cursor losing its location. It also requires the text being edited in CodeView to be fully well formed and properly constructed so the Preview WebPath can match a CodeView tag path. So given how locations are shared between a text position in CodeView to a Web path to a normalized text node and visa versa, the syncing is imprecise but should be very close unless javascripts have changed the DOM. So this is not going to happen. Sorry.

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