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Edit tags with tag editors, Indent code blocks, Copy and paste code – Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual

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DREAMWEAVER CS3

User Guide

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See also

“About Dreamweaver tag libraries” on page 343

Edit tags with Tag editors

Use Tag editors to view, specify, and edit the attributes of tags.

1

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) a tag in Code view or an object in Design view, and select

Edit Tag from the pop-up menu. (The contents of this dialog box change depending on the selected tag.)

2

Specify or edit attributes for the tag and click OK.

To get more information about the tag within the Tag editor, click Tag Info.

Indent code blocks

As you write and edit code in Code view or the Code inspector, you can change the indentation level of a selected
block or line of code, shifting it right or left by one tab.

Indent the selected block of code

Press Tab.

Select Edit > Indent Code.

Unindent the selected block of code

Press Shift+Tab.

Select Edit > Outdent Code.

Copy and paste code

1

Copy the code from Code view or from another application.

2

Place the insertion point in Code view, and select Edit > Paste.

See also

“Paste and move collapsed code fragments” on page 325

Insert HTML comments

A comment is descriptive text that you insert in HTML code to explain the code or provide other information. The
text of the comment appears only in Code view and is not displayed in a browser.

Insert a comment at the insertion point

Select Insert > Comment.

In Code view, a comment tag is inserted and the insertion point is placed in the middle of the tag. Type your
comment.

In Design view, the Comment dialog box appears. Enter the comment and click OK.

September 4, 2007