XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.software.firefox
From: robin_listas@es.invalid
On 2025-01-15 19:10, Marion wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:36:06 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote :
>
>
>>> This information should be generally useful to everyone because it
>>> allows
>>> them to maintain a list of URLs that they can easily edit at any time.
>>
>> Seamonkey has an html editor.
>
> Good point.
>
> Given there are essentially only 2 web browser code bases for Windows,
> every Win10 browser will likely be sharing either Mozilla or Chromium code.
>
> From Carlos' statement, we can presume Mozilla browsers use the Control+U.
> Does the Chromium code base have a similar "Control+U" single edit step?
>
> I just tested it and it comes up similarly to Firefox, but read only.
>
>
> Apparently the way Chromium does in-place modern editing is this:
> 1. Open Developer Tools:
> 2. Press Ctrl+Shift+I (or F12) on your keyboard. 3. Navigate to the
> "Elements" panel:
> 4. Right-click on the element you want to edit in the "Elements" panel.
> 5. Select "Edit as HTML" from the context menu.
> That looks like more than a single step to me though.
> And, of course, that HTML editor doesn't seem to use regular expressions.
>
> Bear in mind, just being able to use the mouse and keyboard to edit complex
> html code is not really editing. It's more like plucking letters on & off.
>
> For modern editing, you need some sort of HTML editor that works with
> regular expressions - but I don't know of any user-friendly HTML editor.
Just give a try to Seamonkey. It is not Firefox, it is a fork. It
contains the old Composer that came with the ancient Netscape.
After you try it, decide if you like it or not.
--
Cheers, Carlos.
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