Custom Tag Feature

[kscap]

All:

I have ran into an issue that seems to need some extensibility.

I have created a custom tag that my users are allowed to enter when editing
HTML documents. I have added my custom tag to the tag library and also added it
to the validator so there would be no issues when validating. (it does not
matter that it is not valid HTML)

So my problem is this:
When users enter the custom tag into their document i would like the inner
text to change color when viewing in design view. (for example: the way an H1
tag would render)

some notes:
- Users are only editing independent HTML files and the files are in various
directories and are not associated with any web sites. We use DW as a stand
alone HTML editor.
- I do not want any user interaction. Meaning i do not want the user to have
to enter any CSS info or attach/create any Design-Time CSS.

Some thoughts on how I would like to accomplish this:
- Possibly inject some CSS code when the file is being opened. So the CSS is
already in place when the file is open in DW. I am not sure how or where to put
any code to intercept the opening of the file.
- Attach some kind of default CSS or Design-Time CSS to the DW application, so
everytime a file is opened in DW this CSS is somehow associated with it.

Anyone have any ideas or thoughts?

Thanks,
kscap

[Kevin Marshall]

You can do this with a translator, see the extending dreamweaver docs for
details.

--
Kevin Marshall
WebXeL.com Ltd
[url]http://www.webxel.com[/url]

ASP.NET Dreamweaver Extensions
[url]http://www.webxel-dw.co.uk[/url]
"kscap" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> All:
>
> I have ran into an issue that seems to need some extensibility.
>
> I have created a custom tag that my users are allowed to enter when
> editing
> HTML documents. I have added my custom tag to the tag library and also
> added it
> to the validator so there would be no issues when validating. (it does not
> matter that it is not valid HTML)
>
> So my problem is this:
> When users enter the custom tag into their document i would like the inner
> text to change color when viewing in design view. (for example: the way an
> H1
> tag would render)
>
> some notes:
> - Users are only editing independent HTML files and the files are in
> various
> directories and are not associated with any web sites. We use DW as a
> stand
> alone HTML editor.
> - I do not want any user interaction. Meaning i do not want the user to
> have
> to enter any CSS info or attach/create any Design-Time CSS.
>
> Some thoughts on how I would like to accomplish this:
> - Possibly inject some CSS code when the file is being opened. So the CSS
> is
> already in place when the file is open in DW. I am not sure how or where
> to put
> any code to intercept the opening of the file.
> - Attach some kind of default CSS or Design-Time CSS to the DW
> application, so
> everytime a file is opened in DW this CSS is somehow associated with it.
>
> Anyone have any ideas or thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> kscap
>

[kscap]

[q]Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
You can do this with a translator, see the extending dreamweaver docs for
details.

--
Kevin Marshall
WebXeL.com Ltd
[url]http://www.webxel.com[/url]

ASP.NET Dreamweaver Extensions
[url]http://www.webxel-dw.co.uk[/url]
"kscap" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:erfi1t$43f$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> All:
>
> I have ran into an issue that seems to need some extensibility.
>
> I have created a custom tag that my users are allowed to enter when
> editing
> HTML documents. I have added my custom tag to the tag library and also
> added it
> to the validator so there would be no issues when validating. (it does not
> matter that it is not valid HTML)
>
> So my problem is this:
> When users enter the custom tag into their document i would like the inner
> text to change color when viewing in design view. (for example: the way an
> H1
> tag would render)
>
> some notes:
> - Users are only editing independent HTML files and the files are in
> various
> directories and are not associated with any web sites. We use DW as a
> stand
> alone HTML editor.
> - I do not want any user interaction. Meaning i do not want the user to
> have
> to enter any CSS info or attach/create any Design-Time CSS.
>
> Some thoughts on how I would like to accomplish this:
> - Possibly inject some CSS code when the file is being opened. So the CSS
> is
> already in place when the file is open in DW. I am not sure how or where
> to put
> any code to intercept the opening of the file.
> - Attach some kind of default CSS or Design-Time CSS to the DW
> application, so
> everytime a file is opened in DW this CSS is somehow associated with it.
>
> Anyone have any ideas or thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> kscap
>

[/q]

thanks. i will take a look in the docs, in the meantime is this something that
will transparent to the user? I can't have the user add any info or attributes
to the tag itself.

kscap

[Kevin Marshall]

Its totaly transparent, you can invent a tag called Widget that is placed in
the page as:

<widget>content here</widget>

then write a translator that will force design view render it as if you had
typed the following H1 tag:

<h1 color="red">content here</h1>

but all the time the real content in the file is still:

<widget>content here</widget>

--
Kevin Marshall
WebXeL.com Ltd
[url]http://www.webxel.com[/url]

ASP.NET Dreamweaver Extensions
http://www.webxel-dw.co.uk>

> thanks. i will take a look in the docs, in the meantime is this something
> that
> will transparent to the user? I can't have the user add any info or
> attributes
> to the tag itself.
>
> kscap
>
>

[kscap]

[q]Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
Its totaly transparent, you can invent a tag called Widget that is placed in
the page as:

<widget>content here</widget>

then write a translator that will force design view render it as if you had
typed the following H1 tag:

<h1 color="red">content here</h1>

but all the time the real content in the file is still:

<widget>content here</widget>

--
Kevin Marshall
WebXeL.com Ltd
[url]http://www.webxel.com[/url]

ASP.NET Dreamweaver Extensions
http://www.webxel-dw.co.uk>

> thanks. i will take a look in the docs, in the meantime is this something
> that
> will transparent to the user? I can't have the user add any info or
> attributes
> to the tag itself.
>
> kscap
>
>

[/q]

Cool man thanks for the heads up. Following the example in the docs i got this
to work. However i did notice that if my custom tags are already in the
document when it is opened in DW, the translator does not seem to work.
However, it does seem to execute cause i put a simple alert in and when the doc
opened, my alert did kick off. it doesn't take affect until i actually touch
the document.

another thing i noticed is that once i do a "Apply source formatting" the
translator works, but my original tag is stripped from code view, however the
translation seems to still be working correctly but now my tag is gone from
code view....

any ideas?

thanks
kscap