How to avoid around snippet/chunk calls?

Hello,

since my beginnig of work with MODx, I wonder how it would be possible to avoid <p></p> tags around chunk or snippet calls that are placed into the content.

Usually I use TinyMCE for editing the content. But TinyMCE wraps each paragraph with appropriate tags. For example: I have some paragraphs of text. I want to place a gallery between two of them. So I hit enter, type [tt]{{gallery}}[/tt] and hit enter again, continuing with the next paragraph.

This results in [tt]<p>{{gallery}}</p>[/tt]. Wich in turn results in a DIV or UL within a P wich is forbidden. I am a web devolper, so I know how to help myself (don’t use TinyMCE, for example). But my customers or even my colleagues do not know anything about HTML. How can I help them in this situation?

Any ideas very much appreciated.

Greetings
Martin

There may be another way to do it, but I usually turn of the rich text editor when working with chunks and snippet calls.

Yes, that’s what I do, but I can’t tell my colleagues or clients to do that, too.

There’s a plugin setting for TinyMCE that controls that - I just can’t remember what it is. Maybe someone else can point you in the right direction (and if not, I’ll post back with it shortly)

EDIT: Here we go, I believe this should help: http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,44734.msg266886.html#msg266886

Theoretically you should be able to put a custom parameter in the TinyMCE configuration doing something with the forced_root_block = false parameter.

http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Configuration/forced_root_block

So if you really really must use BR elements for some odd reason then set this in your init code:

tinyMCE.init({
forced_root_block : false,
force_br_newlines : true,
force_p_newlines : false
});

1. Select the snippet text and choose div instead of p
2. Make a small Textarea TV callled Bottom or SnippetCall and place it under the [*content*] tag in the template.

@Susan: If I do that, do I have to select "paragraph" formatting manually for copy text?

My problem is that I invest so much time to produce validating web pages, but the client just enters some text and all validation is gone ...

Create a new plugin with the following code, making sure to check "OnParseDocument" on the event tab.



Hope that helps

when in the RTE, pressing "ctrl+8" will wrap a <div> around the current line instead of a <p>.

on a related note (in case anyone does not know this), pressing "ctrl+1", "ctrl+2", "ctrl+3", ... "ctrl+6" will wrap <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <h4>, <h5>, <h6> and "ctrl+7" will wrap a <p>

hi,

@furyDE, sincerely, except if you want your clients to be allowed to put you chunks or call your snippets wherever they want, what i feel the best solution in this case (and the one i use...) is to prepare a peculiar template that has the chunk (or snippet call) in it, this way they only have to enter content in TVs, native content one or your personal ones

@slush puupie, there is also a very easy way to do this without having to memorize shortcuts, open the html tab and change that by hand but i think that furyDE is looking for a solution for non coding or non dev people who are not expected to know what p, h or div exactly are... like clients very often do not

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