Question

I’m trying to replace tags in my code, but keeping the text inside “as is”.
example string:

<p class="negrita">text1</p>

or

<p class="negrita">text2</p>    

i need to get those replaced as so:

<h3>text1</h3>

and

<h3>text2</h3>

i’m searching (and matching fine) with this,

<p class="negrita">([^>]*)</p>

but I have no idea on how to keep the text inside, as

<h3>$1</h3>

is not working.

Answer 1

Instead of using regular expressions to do this, use Dreamweaver’s Specific Tag search option. While regular expressions are possible in Dreamweaver, it’s a bit crippled and sometimes a little buggy.

To do this with Specific Tag, invoke the search using Control-F

1. Change the search option to “Specific Tag”.
2. Next to that, enter p to search for all <p> tags
3. Hit the + icon below the box to add an option and select “With Attribute” “Class” “=” from the first three pulldowns and type “negrita” in the fourth.
4. For action, select “Change Tag” and then select h3.

Run this and you will get <h3 class="negrita">text1</h3>

Then repeat the steps above, searching for all h3 tags with the class negrita and choose Remove Attribute “class” for the action. Two steps to one, I admit but it will work every time.