diff --git a/net.sourceforge.vrapper.core.tests/src/net/sourceforge/vrapper/core/tests/cases/NormalModeTests.java b/net.sourceforge.vrapper.core.tests/src/net/sourceforge/vrapper/core/tests/cases/NormalModeTests.java
index d404763f5..526b653ad 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.vrapper.core.tests/src/net/sourceforge/vrapper/core/tests/cases/NormalModeTests.java
+++ b/net.sourceforge.vrapper.core.tests/src/net/sourceforge/vrapper/core/tests/cases/NormalModeTests.java
@@ -907,6 +907,14 @@ public void test_dit() {
         checkCommand(forKeySeq("dit"),
                 "<tag><tag>co",'n',"tent</tag></tag>",
                 "<tag><tag>",'<',"/tag></tag>");
+
+        checkCommand(forKeySeq("dit"),
+                "<tag><% jsp",' ',"%></tag>",
+                "<tag>",'<',"/tag>");
+
+        checkCommand(forKeySeq("dit"),
+                "<tag var=\"<%=jsp%>\"> ",' ',"foo</tag>",
+                "<tag var=\"<%=jsp%>\">",'<',"/tag>");
 	}
 	
 	@Test
diff --git a/net.sourceforge.vrapper.core/src/net/sourceforge/vrapper/vim/commands/XmlTagDelimitedText.java b/net.sourceforge.vrapper.core/src/net/sourceforge/vrapper/vim/commands/XmlTagDelimitedText.java
index 96724dd45..102cedee5 100644
--- a/net.sourceforge.vrapper.core/src/net/sourceforge/vrapper/vim/commands/XmlTagDelimitedText.java
+++ b/net.sourceforge.vrapper.core/src/net/sourceforge/vrapper/vim/commands/XmlTagDelimitedText.java
@@ -23,15 +23,11 @@ public class XmlTagDelimitedText implements DelimitedText {
     //regex usually stops at newlines but open tags might have
     //multiple lines of attributes.  So, include newlines in search.
 	//Skip comments (<!-- foo -->), empty-element tags (<foo/>), and jsp (<% %>)
-    private static final String XML_TAG_REGEX = "<([^<!%]|\n)*?[^/]>";
+    private static final String XML_TAG_REGEX = "<(?:(?!%|!))[^<]*?(?:(?<!%|/))>";
+    private static final Pattern tagPattern = Pattern.compile(XML_TAG_REGEX, Pattern.DOTALL);
     
-    private static final Pattern tagPattern = Pattern.compile(XML_TAG_REGEX);
-    
-	private static final String XML_TAG_NAME_REGEX = "([^ \n\t]*)";
-    private static final String XML_PARAMETERS_REGEX = "(\n|.)*";
-    private static final String XML_NAME_REGEX = "</?" + XML_TAG_NAME_REGEX + XML_PARAMETERS_REGEX + ">";
-    
-    private static final Pattern tagNamePattern = Pattern.compile(XML_NAME_REGEX);
+    private static final String XML_NAME_REGEX = "</?([^\\s]*).*?>";
+    private static final Pattern tagNamePattern = Pattern.compile(XML_NAME_REGEX, Pattern.DOTALL);
     
     private TextRange endTag;
     private TextRange openTag;