For working with Html code our IDE represents the following abilities:
1. Code highlighting
Code highlighting means syntax highlighting for HTML code in the active Editor window
2. Pair highlighting
Enclosing tags are highlighted in pairs when a cursor is placed
between beginning and ending enclosing characters.
This feature helps to check code
for errors, as it highlights mismatched enclosing characters in a special color
that you can change from the
Preferences menu.
3. Intelligent Auto-complete
Intelligent auto-complete feature enables to write code faster.
Pop-up completion list includes
HTML tags,
tag attributes
and
attribute values
It is called automatically in a required code area and lists possible variants
for current element completion.
4. Context and Dynamic Help
With these features you can get necessary information about any element of HTML code.
To get help topics using Context Help:
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Place pointer on necessary element and press F1 button
By default, our application searches for proper topic on
http://www.w3.org site.
To change site address:
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Move to the Preferences menu (Tools|Preferences)
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On the left panel click Context Help item and select Html
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On the right panel select necessary value from the Location dropdown list and press OK
Dynamic Help
The
Dynamic Help window displays links to help topics for element pointer placed on. By default, application conducts search on
http://www.w3.org site.
5. Commenting code
The Comment Lines option (Edit|Comment Lines) allows commenting lines and code blocks.
To add commment:
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Select code area you want to comment
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Go to Edit|Comment Lines (Alt+C )
To remove comment:
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Select commented area
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Apply Uncomment Lines option (Edit|Uncomment Lines)
