[Fixed] Problem with Trailing Invisible Char Warning Dialog

[jpuziano]

Hi Marcus,

There's a problem with the Trailing Invisible Character Warning Dialog.

- open Macro Scheduler main window
- click "New" toolbar icon, Macro Properties (simple editor) window opens
- type in a name for the macro e.g. "test"
- open a browser to the following page: http://www.mjtnet.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3537
- hit CTRL-A to select everything on that browser page
- hit CTRL-C to copy everything on that browser page to the Windows clipboard
- navigate back to the Macro Properties (simple editor) window
- hit CTRL-V to paste everything into the body of the macro in the Macro Properties (simple editor) window
- click OK button to save this new macro
- A dialog then pops up saying:

• "Warning! The following lines have trailing invisible characters:"
  -- all problem lines are listed --
  "These may be undesirable. Do you want to remove them now?"
  "Yes" button "No" button

The problem is, there are so many lines, the bottom message line and the Yes and No buttons are not even visible. This happens often for me when moving around large chunks of code. Stretching the dialog taller usually doesn't help because you can't stretch it taller than the full height of the screen.

I know the focus is on the Yes button so when this happens for me I just hit Enter and keep going but this could be improved by showing the problem lines in a scrolling region within the dialog. Failing that, even reordering the elements on the dialog like this would mean the user would always see the instructions and the buttons:

• "Warning! The following lines have trailing invisible characters:"
  "These may be undesirable. Do you want to remove them now?"
  "Yes" button "No" button
  -- all problem lines are listed --

Thanks for listening and take care

[Marcus Tettmar]

Thanks for this. I guess a better solution would be a window with a scrollable section within it containing the bad lines.

Although ... the editor is supposed to remove trailing blanks from HTML sources automatically .... what web browser are you using?

[jpuziano]

Although ... the editor is supposed to remove trailing blanks from HTML sources automatically .... what web browser are you using?

It would be helpful if the editor did that automatically; here's what I have to use at work:

Browser: IE 6.0
Version: 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158
Cipher Strength: 128 bit

Running on OS:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 2

Now you have me wondering. Does the Macro Sched editor already remove trailing spaces automatically from HTML sources if you use Firefox or other browsers? Would be great if it worked for IE as well.

[Marcus Tettmar]

Now you have me wondering. Does the Macro Sched editor already remove trailing spaces automatically from HTML sources if you use Firefox or other browsers? Would be great if it worked for IE as well.

Yes. Works with Firefox and IE.

[jpuziano]

Strange, when I paste in text copied from an IE 6.0 browser into Macro Scheduler, I always see the grey box characters at the end of the lines. Are you saying they should already have been removed automatically as part of the paste operation?

[jpuziano]

Hi Marcus,

Strange, when I paste in text copied from an IE 6.0 browser into Macro Scheduler, I always see the grey box characters at the end of the lines. Are you saying they should already have been removed automatically as part of the paste operation?

I never heard back from you on the above.

I often CTRL-A and CTRL-C an entire forum post, create a new macro in Macro scheduler and paste the whole thing in there for future reference.

Would you consider that text to be "from HTML sources"? If so, should I be expecting there not to be the gray boxs at the end of lines signifying trailing spaces? Because they are always there after the paste.

Thanks for this. I guess a better solution would be a window with a scrollable section within it containing the bad lines.

Could this possibly be includined in the big version 10 release?

[jpuziano]

I see this did indeed make it into the 11 release and it works great.

Now I can scroll to see all the lines I am saying yes or no to...

Thanks for this