Edit book: Allow removing the currently highlighted tag (while keepin…

…g its contents) by pressing Ctrl+>. You can also add a tool to do it via Preferences->Toolbars

src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/smarts/html.py

@@ -350,6 +350,20 @@ def jump_to_enclosing_tag(self, editor, start=True):
         editor.setTextCursor(c)
         return True
 
+    def remove_tag(self, editor):
+        editor.highlighter.join()
+
+        def erase_tag(tag):
+            c = editor.textCursor()
+            c.setPosition(tag.start_block.position() + tag.start_offset)
+            c.setPosition(tag.end_block.position() + tag.end_offset + 1, c.KeepAnchor)
+            c.removeSelectedText()
+
+        if self.last_matched_closing_tag:
+            erase_tag(self.last_matched_closing_tag)
+        if self.last_matched_tag:
+            erase_tag(self.last_matched_tag)
+
     def rename_block_tag(self, editor, new_name):
         editor.highlighter.join()
         c = editor.textCursor()

src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/text.py

@@ -877,6 +877,10 @@ def insert_tag(self, tag):
         if hasattr(self.smarts, 'insert_tag'):
             self.smarts.insert_tag(self, tag)
 
+    def remove_tag(self):
+        if hasattr(self.smarts, 'remove_tag'):
+            self.smarts.remove_tag(self)
+
     def keyPressEvent(self, ev):
         if ev.key() == Qt.Key_X and ev.modifiers() == Qt.AltModifier:
             if self.replace_possible_unicode_sequence():

src/calibre/gui2/tweak_book/editor/widget.py

@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ def reg(*args, **kw):
     ac = reg('code.png', _('Insert &tag'), ('insert_tag',), 'insert-tag', ('Ctrl+<'), _('Insert tag'), syntaxes=('html', 'xml'))
     ac.setToolTip(_('<h3>Insert tag</h3>Insert a tag, if some text is selected the tag will be inserted around the selected text'))
 
+    ac = reg('trash.png', _('Remove &tag'), ('remove_tag',), 'remove-tag', ('Ctrl+>'), _('Remove tag'), syntaxes=('html', 'xml'))
+    ac.setToolTip(_('<h3>Remove tag</h3>Remove the currently highlighted tag'))
+
     editor_toolbar_actions['html']['fix-html-current'] = actions['fix-html-current']
     for s in ('xml', 'html', 'css'):
         editor_toolbar_actions[s]['pretty-current'] = actions['pretty-current']