Replace empty elements with new text

Dear All!

Thanks for this great XML editor, especially the validation (dropdowns!) for XSD restrictions is extremely helpful!

I have one question, whether this is possible right now (or in a future update):
If I search for element nodes with existing text in it, I can replace this text by using a /valid/xpath/to/soughtelement/text() xpath search. This replaces the text contained in soughtelement with the new text.

If the text in soughtelement is empty however, I can't make this work, as /valid/xpath/to/soughtelement[not(text())] replaces the whole soughtelement with the new text and /valid/xpath/to/soughtelement[not(text())]/text() doesn't find anything.

Any "hacking" the XML directly is forbidden as the search/replace dialog doesn't allow reserved XML characters.

I'd really appreciate any help on this one!

-regards,
Roland

Start with XmlNotepad’s search/replace dialog and its XPath handling, focusing on the difference between replacing an element and replacing its text node. Done means an XPath targeting an empty element can insert replacement text without replacing the element, while still respecting the dialog’s XML-character restrictions.