How to change the pair of a changed HTML tag in Vim?
How can I configure Vim so that when I change one member of a matching pair of HTML tags, the other is automatically changed to match?
For example: given <span>content</span>, I want to change the first <span> to <div>, and then the second <span> automatically changes to </div>. Optimally this would happen upon returning from insert mode to normal mode, but it would be OK if I had to hit a special keybinding to make this happen.
vim html
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How can I configure Vim so that when I change one member of a matching pair of HTML tags, the other is automatically changed to match?
For example: given <span>content</span>, I want to change the first <span> to <div>, and then the second <span> automatically changes to </div>. Optimally this would happen upon returning from insert mode to normal mode, but it would be OK if I had to hit a special keybinding to make this happen.
vim html
edited Jan 25 '17 at 11:45
kenorb
8,746372108
asked Nov 15 '14 at 21:53
hjkmlhjkml
453
add a comment |
How can I configure Vim so that when I change one member of a matching pair of HTML tags, the other is automatically changed to match?
For example: given <span>content</span>, I want to change the first <span> to <div>, and then the second <span> automatically changes to </div>. Optimally this would happen upon returning from insert mode to normal mode, but it would be OK if I had to hit a special keybinding to make this happen.
vim html
edited Jan 25 '17 at 11:45
kenorb
8,746372108
asked Nov 15 '14 at 21:53
hjkmlhjkml
453
How can I configure Vim so that when I change one member of a matching pair of HTML tags, the other is automatically changed to match?
For example: given <span>content</span>, I want to change the first <span> to <div>, and then the second <span> automatically changes to </div>. Optimally this would happen upon returning from insert mode to normal mode, but it would be OK if I had to hit a special keybinding to make this happen.
vim html
vim html
edited Jan 25 '17 at 11:45
kenorb
8,746372108
asked Nov 15 '14 at 21:53
hjkmlhjkml
453
edited Jan 25 '17 at 11:45
kenorb
8,746372108
asked Nov 15 '14 at 21:53
hjkmlhjkml
453
edited Jan 25 '17 at 11:45
kenorb
8,746372108
edited Jan 25 '17 at 11:45
kenorb
8,746372108
edited Jan 25 '17 at 11:45
kenorb
8,746372108
8,746372108
asked Nov 15 '14 at 21:53
hjkmlhjkml
453
asked Nov 15 '14 at 21:53
hjkmlhjkml
453
asked Nov 15 '14 at 21:53
hjkmlhjkml
453
453
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Here are few steps:
- Place your cursor on the first tag.
- Select outer html code by pressing: vat.
Press Esc to exit visual mode and type:
:'<,'<s/span/div/
:'>,'>s/span/div/
Note that
:'>,'>s/span/div/won't work correctly if there are two occurrences of the same closing tag in the same line, as it'll always change the first one. To fix it, use::'>,'>s/.*zsspan/div/instead. See: How to change last occurrence of the string in the line?
Related:
How to jump between matching HTML/XML tags? at Vim SE
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:51
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answered Feb 22 '15 at 18:15
kenorbkenorb
8,746372108
Does entering visual mode do anything, once you've exited it?
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 11:43
I'm not sure if I get the question. In the visual mode you're selecting the outer html for the given HTML tags, so substitution will only affect the selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 11:46
When I tried this, it looked like pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> exited visual mode entirely, so that the substitution would have effected any other region; nothing remained highlighted after pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> .
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 13:10
@Pureferret The ranges from the 3. step should use the last selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 13:29
This is a terrible thing! It must change a closing tag on the fly during editting matching tag
– Alex Shwarc
Sep 15 '17 at 17:55
add a comment |
With the SwapIt - Extensible keyword swapper, you can define tag groups that can then be toggled via <C-a> / <C-x>. For example, in ~/.vim/ftplugin/html_swapit.vim:
SwapList layout p div span
If you have both start and end tag on the same line (and there's only one of that type), you can edit both via my ChangeGlobally plugin.
There are also several "multicursor" plugins, which allow you to mark certain words and edit them all at once.
answered Nov 16 '14 at 20:02
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
8,73911932
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The excellent surround.vim makes this simple — with the cursor anywhere within the tag you want to change, in normal mode, type cst<div> (change surrounding tag to <div>). The tag name will be changed to "div" in both the opening and closing tag, and you'll be back in normal mode.
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Here are few steps:
- Place your cursor on the first tag.
- Select outer html code by pressing: vat.
Press Esc to exit visual mode and type:
:'<,'<s/span/div/
:'>,'>s/span/div/
Note that
:'>,'>s/span/div/won't work correctly if there are two occurrences of the same closing tag in the same line, as it'll always change the first one. To fix it, use::'>,'>s/.*zsspan/div/instead. See: How to change last occurrence of the string in the line?
Related:
How to jump between matching HTML/XML tags? at Vim SE
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:51
Community♦
1
answered Feb 22 '15 at 18:15
kenorbkenorb
8,746372108
Does entering visual mode do anything, once you've exited it?
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 11:43
I'm not sure if I get the question. In the visual mode you're selecting the outer html for the given HTML tags, so substitution will only affect the selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 11:46
When I tried this, it looked like pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> exited visual mode entirely, so that the substitution would have effected any other region; nothing remained highlighted after pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> .
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 13:10
@Pureferret The ranges from the 3. step should use the last selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 13:29
This is a terrible thing! It must change a closing tag on the fly during editting matching tag
– Alex Shwarc
Sep 15 '17 at 17:55
add a comment |
Here are few steps:
- Place your cursor on the first tag.
- Select outer html code by pressing: vat.
Press Esc to exit visual mode and type:
:'<,'<s/span/div/
:'>,'>s/span/div/
Note that
:'>,'>s/span/div/won't work correctly if there are two occurrences of the same closing tag in the same line, as it'll always change the first one. To fix it, use::'>,'>s/.*zsspan/div/instead. See: How to change last occurrence of the string in the line?
Related:
How to jump between matching HTML/XML tags? at Vim SE
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:51
Community♦
1
answered Feb 22 '15 at 18:15
kenorbkenorb
8,746372108
Does entering visual mode do anything, once you've exited it?
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 11:43
I'm not sure if I get the question. In the visual mode you're selecting the outer html for the given HTML tags, so substitution will only affect the selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 11:46
When I tried this, it looked like pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> exited visual mode entirely, so that the substitution would have effected any other region; nothing remained highlighted after pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> .
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 13:10
@Pureferret The ranges from the 3. step should use the last selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 13:29
This is a terrible thing! It must change a closing tag on the fly during editting matching tag
– Alex Shwarc
Sep 15 '17 at 17:55
add a comment |
Here are few steps:
- Place your cursor on the first tag.
- Select outer html code by pressing: vat.
Press Esc to exit visual mode and type:
:'<,'<s/span/div/
:'>,'>s/span/div/
Note that
:'>,'>s/span/div/won't work correctly if there are two occurrences of the same closing tag in the same line, as it'll always change the first one. To fix it, use::'>,'>s/.*zsspan/div/instead. See: How to change last occurrence of the string in the line?
Related:
How to jump between matching HTML/XML tags? at Vim SE
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:51
Community♦
1
answered Feb 22 '15 at 18:15
kenorbkenorb
8,746372108
Here are few steps:
- Place your cursor on the first tag.
- Select outer html code by pressing: vat.
Press Esc to exit visual mode and type:
:'<,'<s/span/div/
:'>,'>s/span/div/
Note that
:'>,'>s/span/div/won't work correctly if there are two occurrences of the same closing tag in the same line, as it'll always change the first one. To fix it, use::'>,'>s/.*zsspan/div/instead. See: How to change last occurrence of the string in the line?
Related:
How to jump between matching HTML/XML tags? at Vim SE
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:51
Community♦
1
answered Feb 22 '15 at 18:15
kenorbkenorb
8,746372108
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:51
Community♦
1
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:51
Community♦
1
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:51
Community♦
1
1
answered Feb 22 '15 at 18:15
kenorbkenorb
8,746372108
answered Feb 22 '15 at 18:15
kenorbkenorb
8,746372108
answered Feb 22 '15 at 18:15
kenorbkenorb
8,746372108
8,746372108
Does entering visual mode do anything, once you've exited it?
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 11:43
I'm not sure if I get the question. In the visual mode you're selecting the outer html for the given HTML tags, so substitution will only affect the selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 11:46
When I tried this, it looked like pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> exited visual mode entirely, so that the substitution would have effected any other region; nothing remained highlighted after pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> .
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 13:10
@Pureferret The ranges from the 3. step should use the last selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 13:29
This is a terrible thing! It must change a closing tag on the fly during editting matching tag
– Alex Shwarc
Sep 15 '17 at 17:55
add a comment |
Does entering visual mode do anything, once you've exited it?
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 11:43
I'm not sure if I get the question. In the visual mode you're selecting the outer html for the given HTML tags, so substitution will only affect the selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 11:46
When I tried this, it looked like pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> exited visual mode entirely, so that the substitution would have effected any other region; nothing remained highlighted after pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> .
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 13:10
@Pureferret The ranges from the 3. step should use the last selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 13:29
This is a terrible thing! It must change a closing tag on the fly during editting matching tag
– Alex Shwarc
Sep 15 '17 at 17:55
Does entering visual mode do anything, once you've exited it?
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 11:43
Does entering visual mode do anything, once you've exited it?
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 11:43
I'm not sure if I get the question. In the visual mode you're selecting the outer html for the given HTML tags, so substitution will only affect the selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 11:46
I'm not sure if I get the question. In the visual mode you're selecting the outer html for the given HTML tags, so substitution will only affect the selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 11:46
When I tried this, it looked like pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> exited visual mode entirely, so that the substitution would have effected any other region; nothing remained highlighted after pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> .
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 13:10
When I tried this, it looked like pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> exited visual mode entirely, so that the substitution would have effected any other region; nothing remained highlighted after pressing <kbd>Esc</kbd> .
– Pureferret
Jan 25 '17 at 13:10
@Pureferret The ranges from the 3. step should use the last selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 13:29
@Pureferret The ranges from the 3. step should use the last selected region.
– kenorb
Jan 25 '17 at 13:29
This is a terrible thing! It must change a closing tag on the fly during editting matching tag
– Alex Shwarc
Sep 15 '17 at 17:55
This is a terrible thing! It must change a closing tag on the fly during editting matching tag
– Alex Shwarc
Sep 15 '17 at 17:55
add a comment |
With the SwapIt - Extensible keyword swapper, you can define tag groups that can then be toggled via <C-a> / <C-x>. For example, in ~/.vim/ftplugin/html_swapit.vim:
SwapList layout p div span
If you have both start and end tag on the same line (and there's only one of that type), you can edit both via my ChangeGlobally plugin.
There are also several "multicursor" plugins, which allow you to mark certain words and edit them all at once.
answered Nov 16 '14 at 20:02
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
8,73911932
add a comment |
With the SwapIt - Extensible keyword swapper, you can define tag groups that can then be toggled via <C-a> / <C-x>. For example, in ~/.vim/ftplugin/html_swapit.vim:
SwapList layout p div span
If you have both start and end tag on the same line (and there's only one of that type), you can edit both via my ChangeGlobally plugin.
There are also several "multicursor" plugins, which allow you to mark certain words and edit them all at once.
answered Nov 16 '14 at 20:02
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
8,73911932
add a comment |
With the SwapIt - Extensible keyword swapper, you can define tag groups that can then be toggled via <C-a> / <C-x>. For example, in ~/.vim/ftplugin/html_swapit.vim:
SwapList layout p div span
If you have both start and end tag on the same line (and there's only one of that type), you can edit both via my ChangeGlobally plugin.
There are also several "multicursor" plugins, which allow you to mark certain words and edit them all at once.
answered Nov 16 '14 at 20:02
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
8,73911932
With the SwapIt - Extensible keyword swapper, you can define tag groups that can then be toggled via <C-a> / <C-x>. For example, in ~/.vim/ftplugin/html_swapit.vim:
SwapList layout p div span
If you have both start and end tag on the same line (and there's only one of that type), you can edit both via my ChangeGlobally plugin.
There are also several "multicursor" plugins, which allow you to mark certain words and edit them all at once.
answered Nov 16 '14 at 20:02
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
8,73911932
answered Nov 16 '14 at 20:02
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
8,73911932
answered Nov 16 '14 at 20:02
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
8,73911932
answered Nov 16 '14 at 20:02
Ingo KarkatIngo Karkat
8,73911932
8,73911932
add a comment |
add a comment |
The excellent surround.vim makes this simple — with the cursor anywhere within the tag you want to change, in normal mode, type cst<div> (change surrounding tag to <div>). The tag name will be changed to "div" in both the opening and closing tag, and you'll be back in normal mode.
answered 9 mins ago
sj26sj26
1714
add a comment |
The excellent surround.vim makes this simple — with the cursor anywhere within the tag you want to change, in normal mode, type cst<div> (change surrounding tag to <div>). The tag name will be changed to "div" in both the opening and closing tag, and you'll be back in normal mode.
answered 9 mins ago
sj26sj26
1714
add a comment |
The excellent surround.vim makes this simple — with the cursor anywhere within the tag you want to change, in normal mode, type cst<div> (change surrounding tag to <div>). The tag name will be changed to "div" in both the opening and closing tag, and you'll be back in normal mode.
answered 9 mins ago
sj26sj26
1714
The excellent surround.vim makes this simple — with the cursor anywhere within the tag you want to change, in normal mode, type cst<div> (change surrounding tag to <div>). The tag name will be changed to "div" in both the opening and closing tag, and you'll be back in normal mode.
answered 9 mins ago
sj26sj26
1714
answered 9 mins ago
sj26sj26
1714
answered 9 mins ago
sj26sj26
1714
answered 9 mins ago
sj26sj26
1714
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