HTML Form input type attribute autofocus does not work in Preview
But if I choose your option to preview in Safari, it works correctly.
I can’t post the code here because it’s an HTML form code example in the HTML Tutorial on W3Schools.com
But here’s a link to the code example, under Try it Yourself>>
Curiously, their Radio Button example included extra characters on each side of the radio buttons, so I added the missing <meta charset=“UTF-8”> tag and that “fixed” it.
The first thing I tried with this Preview issue, was add the <meta charset=“UTF-8 lang=EN-US” and it made no difference.
I added the missing <head> and <title> tags, too, but still the input type autofocus attribute did not work in Preview.
A minor surprise, I’ll call this finding, but certainly not a show stopper. 🤔 😎
Cannot find file
Hello,
I have connected to a samba server file where my live files are that host my Wiki. I have opened the files with Textastic and the files keep displaying and then disappearing and then when editing files it comes up saying that it doesn’t exist and then 3 seconds later it will show. It’s like it is refreshing every 5 seconds, loosing connection. I hoped it saved and lost all progress on the page.
Is there a simple straightforward way to show my console.log in a js file?
I bought the app to do some algo practice. I need to be able to console.log on js files, is there a simple way to do this, and do this offline?
Buffer refreshing after editing vim in terminal
There’s a malfunction in the Terminal window, after I edit and quit a vim file, and maybe after I switch tasks as well going from Textastic to Safari and back, the terminal window flashes with a memory leak from the previously edited vim file.
I solve this by clearing the terminal buffer Ctrl+L, but it’s getting to be annoying.
Error uploading: request body stream exhausted
Error uploading: request body stream exhausted
I've been getting this error for awhile when uploading to a particular server. I get the error with WebDAV or SFTP. It seems to happen with most files. Smaller files are more likely to succeed. I use another WebDAV/FTP app with no problems with this server. Not sure if it's a Textastic issue or something with the server.
Thanks!
ssh macro
In ios SSH terminal is awesome… here is an idea. I normally use the same commands over an over. It would be nice if there were a drop down menu with pre-dermined lines of ssh commands. ssh macros.
The macros can be a plist file that the key is the name of the macro displayed in the drop down in the terminal, and the value is the ssh command(s) to be sent through the terminal. Of course the plist should be editable in texstastic
What do you think?
Jorge Varas
Textastic user since version 4… I think
How to add Markdown snippets to Textastic
Textastic is a great plain text editor; I think it's the BBEdit for iOS!
I use Textastic for writing and reviewing Markdown documents. However, it's not a perfect solution. One major omission is a snippets function; for example if you want to format a block of text you have to mark up the text before and after the selected text and often this can be difficult. Snippets is an enhancement I've often requested for Textastic.
Now I've found a workable solution.
There is an iOS app called Text Case. Its primary function is to change the case of selected text (a useful feature that Textastic does not include). But Text Case is extensible and you can add your own functions ("flows" in Text Case speak) using a large number of built-in functions. Two such built-in functions are "add a prefix" and "add a suffix" to a selected text block.
So you can add, for example, your own Markdown underline function. The custom function building process is very simple. The attached screenshot shows several Markdown "flows" I've created. Then you simply select and copy the text to be underlined, app switch to Text Case and choose the new "Underline Selection" function, app switch back to Textastic and paste the marked-up text. For example:
This text needs to be underlined.
Follow the process above and you get…
This text needs to be underlined.
This is not perfect but it makes applying Markdown syntax to Textastic documents much easier.
If you have a better way of applying Markdown syntax in Textastic, please let me know.
Regards,
Peter
Customer support service by UserEcho
