Dropdown list for CSS Classes

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  The only way you can do this right now would be to write a plugin or use a plugin like http://www.joecheng.com/code/DynamicTemplate/
  
  Though, I do think this experience is broken for people that understand HTML, and it is something I hope we can improve in the future.  Perhaps adding it to the manifest is a good solution. 

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  -Brandon Turner [MSFT]

  Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:13 AM
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  Just to think through what this would look like, what happens when you select one of these classes? Does it create a span or div around the current selection? Does it add a class to the existing block element that parents the selection? What happens if the selection spans multiple block elements, or just parts of some blocks?

  Tuesday, February 24, 2009 6:03 PM
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  Thanks for your reply Joe and Brandon.

  
  

  I would suggest parsing the selection and wrapping the pieces in span tags as needed.

  
  

  So, if you had content that looked like this:

  
  

  <p>First paragraph</p>

  <p>Second paragraph</p>

  
  

  And you selected like this:

  
  

  <p>First paragraph</p>

  <p>Second paragraph</p>

  
  

  The result would be this:

  
  

  <p>First para<span class="Highlighted">graph</span></p>

  <p><span class="Highlighted">Second pa</span>ragraph</p>

  
  

  This is what WLW is currently doing when I select text and click the B I  or U buttons on the toolbar. 

  
  

  I've suggested the dynamic template plugin, but many of my clients are looking for something that end users can use without requiring a plugin.

  
  

  Thanks for the great product and for considering this request!

  
  

  Don

  
  

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  Don Worthley

  Wednesday, February 25, 2009 7:54 PM