Notepad++ - Highlight text and insert html <tag></tag> around it

Is there a way to have this feature in Notepad++:

select some text
insert an html <tag>``</tag> around it (ie. <strong>, <em> etc)

notepad++

ethmz

Posted 2012-07-25T02:37:37.147

Reputation: 376

Maybe this related answer can help

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3453151/notepad-multi-editing

– user2427906 – 2015-03-01T05:12:20.120

– Patrice I – 2018-12-27T14:06:38.763

Do you want to achieve this with a predefined set of HTML tags or with a dialog box? – Dennis – 2012-07-25T03:42:02.273

1If you solved the problem yourself, you can post an answer to your question and accept it. Others might benefit from it. – Dennis – 2012-07-25T11:24:25.413

surround for Vim is what you actually want. – nikhil – 2012-07-25T19:27:34.533

Answers

I've found a plugin that does that, Webedit and it's available in Notepad++'s Plugin Manager (Plugins > Plugin Manager > Show Plugin Manager).

ethmz

Posted 2012-07-25T02:37:37.147

Reputation: 376

Gone in v7.8.2. – Laurie Stearn – 2019-12-15T05:34:19.743

There's three ways to do this

Using the fingertext plugin

install "FingerText" plugin. (tested 0.5.60 version).
download finger text snippet.
select text, press alt+/.
for example type b (you can create your own "snippet tag" later).
Notes: some version notepad++ must edit:
$[![]!] to $[![(key)SELECTION]!]
press tab or enter

You can install any of this:
- emmet coding
- zencoding
select text, found and click menu "wrap with abbreviation".
type your tag
press Ok

Using multiple edit steps:

Preparation step
- click "Setting" > "Preferences" menu.
- click Editing tab.
- check "Enable (Ctrl+Mouse click/selection)" in "Multi Editing Settings" groupbox
Execute this step
1. Click before text, Ctrl+Click after text, like this:
```
` click here  `   text    Ctrl+` click here `
```
2. Typing whatever <tag>, will be around like this:
  
  <tag>text<tag>
3. Press Ctrl+← twice, and type /

bossomfriend

Posted 2012-07-25T02:37:37.147

Reputation: 21

please explain fingertext again, that's confusing me. Let say a simple text "abc" and i want to enclose it in <b>abc</b> how to add its snippet. – Wasim A. – 2015-07-19T08:28:19.703

this should be the accepted answer . +1 – Obmerk Kronen – 2015-10-04T15:41:15.887

You can and should consolidate all 3 posts into one answer, actually – Journeyman Geek – 2012-11-21T01:50:47.337

Solution found at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34724634/notepad-shortcut-to-add-brackets-around-highlighted-text

1) Mark text
2) Goto Macro -> start recording
3) Cut highlighted text (CTRL+C)
4) Type: "{" then do CTRL-V then Type "}"
5) goto Macro -> Stop Macro
6) Save Macro as a shortcut

Patrice I

Posted 2012-07-25T02:37:37.147

Reputation: 11

From a related question

Try going into TextFX / TextFX Settings and check 'auto close XHTML tags'. This makes it work in plain HTML files too. You may need to install it if using a newer version of Notepad++

Click Plugins > Plugin Manager > Show Plugin Manager On the "available" tab check the box by "TextFX Characters" Click Install Restart Notepad++ Enable the auto-close XHTM features as described above.

Is this what you had in mind?

Everett

Posted 2012-07-25T02:37:37.147

Reputation: 5 425