IDEA: Program to change a horizontal line color

[shagger1]

It is hard to do-would be nice to have an application that you could open a html page and it would find the lines and allow one to change the color easily rather than searching for <hr then adding a hex code,you see?  Cheers

[mouser]

im not sure i understand this request.

[shagger1]

Hi-if one opens up an html page that has a horizontal line to change the color you have to add a hex value(color) it would be cool to have an application that would open a html page and see the lines ( <hr> ) then have a dropdown menu so one could pick a color to change it to.....most WYSIWYG  editors dont have this feature...

Cheers

[brotherS]

I'm not sure I can fully understand what you want, but maybe the great http://www.prall.net/tools/colorcop/ could already help you?

[mouser]

i think what he wants is to be able to edit a web page file of his own, and easily change horizontal rule (HR) line colors.

[shagger1]

Yey mouser that is correct-I use colorcop though....

Lets say I have a page or create one with a horizontal rule(line) - I can edit the size with NVU or a few other applications but none allow you to change the color-you need to view the source and add #f00000 or whatever-some program that would open an html document and see the <hr> then give you a dropdown menu that would have some predefined colors the just click on and then the line color would be whatever you chose,you see??

[allen]

A simple regex find/replace would do it.
Go here:
http://tinyurl.com/gyjqz

Alternately, to just replace <hr and not the closing tag (so you can just insert the color while preserving any following values) you could use this one:
http://tinyurl.com/e7dsz

Open your html file, edit the color code, hit preview to preview it or replace to get the modified source.

If the hr already has a defined color, it gets a bit more complicated, but is doable . . .

[mouser]

it also sounds like not a coding snack but a feature that would be useful in a visual html editor - della is doing a review of html editors for dc, maybe she can keep her eye open for such features.

[taichimaster]

Perhaps I am missing something, but why not just add a CSS rule for the HR tag in the header or something?

[shagger1]

Thanks for the tips but I am trying to make my life easier<grin>I can open the html and add all that stuff but I mostly use NVU and it can change the size but  not the color....I like the easy way-I guess I am a wimp as I love WYSIWYG editors!! Allen-you have a cig in your ear!!