Selecting inside tags

[carmenchu]

Just as double-click on a word selects the whole word, is there some shortcut to select everyting from <tag> to </tag>?
If not, would it be very difficult to implement such a feature?
Usage:
- select from <i> to </i>, press the italics icon, an get rid of the tag;
- select from <span> to </span>, move selection after </span>, and delete <span></span>: no <,>, etc. left behind...
Alternatively, a shortcut to select from < to > (i.e., SHIFT + double-click anywhere between) would also be useful.
Thanks!

[KevinH]

Clips and find and replace regex can be used to do all of that now.

[carmenchu]

Sure: but using them for a single edit seems an overkill--thus a 'smart select'...

[KevinH]

a generic regex to select text between tags is not hard

[carmenchu]

Something like >([^<]+)< includes also the '>' and '<'... must learn about 'look ahead' and 'look behind' sintaxis.

[theducks]

Diaps Toolbag PI can strip out designated tags , leaving the insides intact

[carmenchu]

Well: so far, in 'non greedy' mode,
(?<=\>)\b([^<]+)(?=\</) selects between tags, not nested
(?<=\>)\b([^<]+)(?=\<) skips tags.
Useful when the mouse gets temperamental, and one wishes to manually extract/move some text.
for the Sigil User Guide and the links to regex references

[Tex2002ans]

Originally Posted by carmenchu

Just as double-click on a word selects the whole word, is there some shortcut to select everyting from <tag> to </tag>?
If not, would it be very difficult to implement such a feature?

Calibre's Editor currently has this functionality:

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/edi...x-highlighting

Ctrl+Alt+T can highlight the innards of the selected tag.

For example:

<p>This is a <i>code example</i>.</p>

If your cursor is in "code", "code example" is selected.

If your cursor is in "This", "This is a <i>code example</i>." is selected.

Originally Posted by theducks

Diaps Toolbag PI can strip out designated tags , leaving the insides intact

This is my preferred way of mass cleanup. Regex can't handle nested tags very well, so you need something that can actually parse the HTML.