How does Flare "know" that P follows Hn?

[Phlawm53]

For Flare 11, although this isn't a version specific question.

■In the Flare XML Editor, IF i insert a heading element (H1-6) then press ENTER, THEN Flare automatically creates a P (for paragraph) element.

QUESTION: What mechanism controls that behavior? I'm merely curious in a "just for fun" way, at least for now.

■ Also, would it be possible to modify that behavior so that after a heading element a paragraph of a certain CSS class was automatically created instead? I don't need/want to do this, just wondering.

Cheers & thanks,
Riley
SFO

[Nita Beck]

Riley, I have no idea how Flare "knows" to follow a heading with a plain p. But I do know how you can make one style always be followed by another style of a given class.

Say you always want an h2 to be followed by a p.Note paragraph. (I won't question why you might want this behavior! )

You'd set your CSS like this:

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h2{
	mc-next-tag: p;
	mc-next-class: Note;
}

Be forewarned that it's not possible to set just the next "tag" (meaning the base style). You've got to declare what specific class you want.

HTH

[Phlawm53]

Thanks Nita!

I hadn't come across the mc-next-tag and mc-next-class attributes. Handy to know 'bout those, and how they need to be used together, for "someday", maybe.

Now that I know about those, it would not surprise me to learn that Flare's built-in style sheet has default values for them. Say for what style automatically follows Hn...

Cheers & thanks 'gain,
Riley
SFO