auto-editor.sh

#!/bin/sh

# qutebrowser userscript
# Helper script to open external editor automatically for text input selected via hint.
# :hint inputs userscript auto-editor
# Best used with generate_ids_4_inputs.js to get every text field an id on which this script depends on.

case "$QUTE_SELECTED_HTML" in
	*id=*)
		tmp="${QUTE_SELECTED_HTML#*id=\"}" 
		tmp="${tmp%% *}"
		id="${tmp%%>*}"
		echo "click-element id $id" >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
		sleep 0.05 # Just so element has time to get focused before trying to open editor
		echo "open-editor" >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
		;;
	*)
		echo "message-error \"Element does not have an id. Cannot continue.\"" >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
		;;
esac

generate_ids_4_inputs.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name	Generate IDs for text inputs and areas that don't already have one. To be used with auto-editor userscript.
// @author	Ingvix
// @include	*
// ==/UserScript==

var inputs = document.querySelectorAll("input[type=text]:not([id]),textarea:not([id])")

inputs.forEach( function ( input, i) { input.id = "pretty-long-script-generated-id-number-" + i })