Question

zen coding is a nice tool.
But can zen coding go back to the previous level?
Look at this example:

<p>
    <span class="footnote1"></span>
<p>
<p>
    <span class="footnote2"></span>
<p>
<p>
    <span class="footnote3"></span>
<p>

First, i write p>span.footnote$ so i go into the level of <span>.
Is there any abbreviations provided in zen coding can go back the previous level <p>.

Answer 1

The upcoming version of Zen Coding, which will be renamed to Emmet, provides ^ operator to climb up one level up the tree: https://github.com/sergeche/emmet-sublime#misc

Note that in current version of Zen Coding you can use grouping to create complex structures:

(p>span.footnote$)+(.footer>p{This is my copyright})

You can get the latest beta plugin for Notepad++ here: https://github.com/sergeche/zen-coding/downloads