Writing and editing code, Code hints, Supported languages and technologies – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 User Manual
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Coding
Last updated 6/3/2015
Writing and editing code
Note: The user interface has been simplified in Dreamweaver CC and later. As a result, you may not find some of the
options described in this article in Dreamweaver CC and later. For more information, see
Code hints
The code hints feature helps you insert and edit code quickly and without mistakes. As you type characters in Code
view, you see a list of candidates that automatically complete your entry. For example, when you type the first characters
of a tag, attribute, or CSS property name, you see a list of options beginning with those characters. This feature
simplifies the insertion and editing of code. You can also use it to see the available attributes for a tag, the available
parameters for a function, or the available methods for an object.
Code hints are available for several kinds of code. When you type the beginning character of a particular code type, you
see a list of appropriate candidates. For example, to display a list of code hints for HTML tag names, type a right angle
bracket (<). Similarly, to display JavaScript code hinting, type a period (dot operator) after an object.
For best results, especially when using code hints for functions and objects, set the Delay option in the Code Hints
preferences dialog box to 0 seconds.
The code hinting feature also recognizes custom JavaScript classes that are not built in to the language. You can write
these custom classes yourself or add them through third-party libraries like Prototype.
The list of code hints disappears when you press Backspace (Windows) or Delete (Macintosh).
For a video tutorial on code hinting, see
For a video overview from the Dreamweaver engineering team about JavaScript support in Dreamweaver, see
.
Supported languages and technologies
Dreamweaver supports code hinting for the following languages and technologies:
• Adobe ColdFusion
• Ajax
• ASP JavaScript
• ASP.NET C#
• ASP.NET VB
• ASP VBScript
• CSS2 and CSS3
• DOM (Document Object Model)
• HTML4 and HTML5
• jQuery (CS5.5 and later)
• JavaScript (includes custom class hinting)
• JSP
• PHP MySQL
• Spry