UltraEdit macro for HTML/XML - auto-create closing tags
Here is another pair of UltraEdit macros that I use quite frequently - these two help me with creating container tags for HTML or XML; specifically, they automate the creation of the opening and closing tag: all I need to do is type out the tag name and run the macro with the cursor within (or at the left/right boundary of) the tag name.
For example, if I type out
For example, if I type out
xmlTag
and run the first macro, I will be left with the following: <xmlTag>|</xmlTag>
. The I bar (|
) indicates where the cursor is left when the macro finishes.InsertMode ColumnModeOff HexOff UltraEditReOn Clipboard 9 IfSel Cut "<" Paste ">" Else IfSel Else SelectWord EndIf StartSelect Cut "<" Paste ">" EndIf Clipboard 0 Paste Clipboard 9 "</" Paste ">" Clipboard 0The second macro is the same except that it will paste whatever is in the clipboard at the time and leave the cursor at the end of the closing tag. For example, if I type and cut the following text:
text in the clipboard
, then type out xmlTag
and run the second macro, I will be left with the following: <xmlTag>text in the clipboard</xmlTag>|
. The I bar (|
) indicates where the cursor is left when the macro finishes.InsertMode ColumnModeOff HexOff UltraEditReOn Clipboard 9 IfSel Cut "<" Paste ">" Else IfSel Else SelectWord EndIf StartSelect Cut "<" Paste ">" EndIf Clipboard 0 Paste Clipboard 9 "</" Paste ">" Clipboard 0Note that both the macros above include instructions that are from another common UltraEdit macro I use, Alt+x to cut currently selected token (selected or if cursor is in the token).
IfSel Else SelectWord EndIf StartSelect Cut