GUI bug in the Restrict to XML/HTML filter
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:55 pm
This apparent software bug caught me out again recently. Not reported it until now.
The Restrict filter called HTML or XML element or attribute has a GUI edit problem.
I had selected Restrict to between tags and typed in the attribute name title in the first edit field.
The second edit field duly mimicked what I had typed.
At exactly this point I went off to add the required (search & replace) filter and used the context menu to make this a subfilter of the restrict.
Did a test run. Didn't work! Doh!
Eventually I went back and examined the restrict filter, only to find that the attribute name had been truncated by one letter to titl.
Thought. How annoying! Recalled a previous occurrence several months ago. Made a mental note to report it this time.
Workaround: Key in the missing letter, add another letter, then backspace delete it. Other actions might have the same effect.
David
The Restrict filter called HTML or XML element or attribute has a GUI edit problem.
I had selected Restrict to between tags and typed in the attribute name title in the first edit field.
The second edit field duly mimicked what I had typed.
At exactly this point I went off to add the required (search & replace) filter and used the context menu to make this a subfilter of the restrict.
Did a test run. Didn't work! Doh!
Eventually I went back and examined the restrict filter, only to find that the attribute name had been truncated by one letter to titl.
Thought. How annoying! Recalled a previous occurrence several months ago. Made a mental note to report it this time.
Workaround: Key in the missing letter, add another letter, then backspace delete it. Other actions might have the same effect.
David