Automating insertion point placement and text selection

Normally, when inserting a text macro, GoLive's text macro tool selects the entire insert. To ensure a smoother workflow, however, you can also place the insertion point or select text for overtyping anywhere in the insert.

Placing the insertion point in an insert is accomplished by adding a "vertical bar" character ("|"). Here is an example:

    image «<img "src=|" width="20" height="20">"»

The vertical bar after the src attribute and "equal to" sign places the insertion point so that you can enter the attribute value without having to move the cursor to the desired location.

Selecting text for overtyping is accomplished by enclosing a placeholder word or string in single quotes. Here is an example:

    image «<img "src=../GIFS/'???'.GIF " width="20" height="20">"»

The three question marks enclosed in quotes will be selected when you insert this example macro, allowing them to be overtyped with macro name "C" instead.