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Good CSS editors

I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.

Personally, I would like a CSS editor with 'code-completion'.

In effect, I would like to be able to see different properties and their
possible values as I type, or at least next to the css-code window in a
reference window.

I have tried Style Master, but did not like it at all, it wasn't fast
enough, and not 'pro' enough for a text-editor-kinda CSS designer like me.

cheers,

jp
Jul 21 '05 #1
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Jam Pa <an******@non-anon.org> wrote:
I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.

Personally, I would like a CSS editor with 'code-completion'.

In effect, I would like to be able to see different properties and their
possible values as I type, or at least next to the css-code window in a
reference window.
Very difficult to achieve this, how is an editor going to know if an
element accepts for example padding? The editors that I know of offer an
unqualified list of properties, making the feature worse than useless
(because it suggests to the uninitiated that it should work).
I have tried Style Master, but did not like it at all, it wasn't fast
enough, and not 'pro' enough for a text-editor-kinda CSS designer like me.


For me the only useful function in an editor to edit css is syntax
highlighting. YMMV, try Topstyle.

--
Spartanicus
Jul 21 '05 #2
Hey Spartacus

Spartanicus <in*****@invalid.invalid> wrote in
news:9o********************************@news.spart anicus.utvinternet.ie:
Jam Pa <an******@non-anon.org> wrote:
I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.

Personally, I would like a CSS editor with 'code-completion'.

In effect, I would like to be able to see different properties and
their possible values as I type, or at least next to the css-code
window in a reference window.
Very difficult to achieve this, how is an editor going to know if an
element accepts for example padding? The editors that I know of offer
an unqualified list of properties, making the feature worse than
useless (because it suggests to the uninitiated that it should work).


Hmm, makes me wonder if you have ever used a code-completing editor?

Basically you start by typing a propertys initial letter. Then a popup-
box containing all the properties starting with that letter is shown,
and suitable entry can be selected with the arrow keys + enter, OR
typing can be continued. Like with google suggest, which suggests
keywords as you type:
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en

After a property has been selected, say 'display:', then code completion
can offer possible values. Imagine the lighting speed you could type
stylesheets with!

I have tried Style Master, but did not like it at all, it wasn't fast
enough, and not 'pro' enough for a text-editor-kinda CSS designer like
me.


For me the only useful function in an editor to edit css is syntax
highlighting. YMMV, try Topstyle.


I'm doing css 9-10 hours per day - any shortcut provided by a tool is
welcome. Syntax highlighting only isn't enough.

Oh yes, I like TopStyle. Its almost there, but it lacks 'basic' advanced
text editor features.

jp
Jul 21 '05 #3
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:43:55 +0000 (UTC), in
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets Jam Pa
<an******@non-anon.org> wrote:
| I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.
|
| Personally, I would like a CSS editor with 'code-completion'.
|
| In effect, I would like to be able to see different properties and their
| possible values as I type, or at least next to the css-code window in a
| reference window.
|
| I have tried Style Master, but did not like it at all, it wasn't fast
| enough, and not 'pro' enough for a text-editor-kinda CSS designer like me.


TopStyle. www.bradsoft.com
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Jul 21 '05 #4
Jam Pa <an******@non-anon.org> wrote:
Hey Spartacus


Who? ;-)
Very difficult to achieve this, how is an editor going to know if an
element accepts for example padding? The editors that I know of offer
an unqualified list of properties, making the feature worse than
useless (because it suggests to the uninitiated that it should work).


Hmm, makes me wonder if you have ever used a code-completing editor?


Can't stand the feature myself, you have to move your fingers to the
cursor keys, or your eyes to the presented options and select a hotkey.
In the time it takes to do that I've typed another 2 rules.

--
Spartanicus
Jul 21 '05 #5
I also tried Style Master, but I found it so-so.
I would definately recommend TopStyle. I use it all day long.
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:43:55 -0300, Jam Pa <an******@non-anon.org> wrote:
I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.

Personally, I would like a CSS editor with 'code-completion'.

In effect, I would like to be able to see different properties and their
possible values as I type, or at least next to the css-code window in a
reference window.

I have tried Style Master, but did not like it at all, it wasn't fast
enough, and not 'pro' enough for a text-editor-kinda CSS designer like
me.

cheers,

jp


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Jul 21 '05 #6
"Spartanicus" <in*****@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:65********************************@news.spart anicus.utvinternet.ie...
Jam Pa <an******@non-anon.org> wrote:
Hey Spartacus


Who? ;-)
Very difficult to achieve this, how is an editor going to know if an
element accepts for example padding? The editors that I know of offer
an unqualified list of properties, making the feature worse than
useless (because it suggests to the uninitiated that it should work).


Hmm, makes me wonder if you have ever used a code-completing editor?


Can't stand the feature myself, you have to move your fingers to the
cursor keys, or your eyes to the presented options and select a hotkey.
In the time it takes to do that I've typed another 2 rules.


Agreed. I "used" that feature the first time when learning Visual Basic. It
took all of about 5 minutes for me to start looking for how to turn it off!
Jul 21 '05 #7
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:43:55 -0300, Jam Pa <an******@non-anon.org> wrote:
I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.


If you want a free yet very good CSS and multi-purpose editor with code
highlightening, I suggest TSW Webcoder:
http://www.tsw.dk/download.php

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Jul 21 '05 #8
"Jam Pa" <an******@non-anon.org> wrote in message
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I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.

Personally, I would like a CSS editor with 'code-completion'.

In effect, I would like to be able to see different properties and their
possible values as I type, or at least next to the css-code window in a
reference window.


For what it's worth, Dreamweaver 2004 does this. It's expensive, though.
You can get a 30(?) day free trial from the macromedia website. It also
does a good job of showing you what CSS rules are being applied, and in what
order.
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Jul 21 '05 #9
Jam Pa wrote:
I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.

Personally, I would like a CSS editor with 'code-completion'.

In effect, I would like to be able to see different properties and their
possible values as I type, or at least next to the css-code window in a
reference window.

I have tried Style Master, but did not like it at all, it wasn't fast
enough, and not 'pro' enough for a text-editor-kinda CSS designer like me.

cheers,

jp


JP,

You might try NoteTab Pro with one of the CSS extensions. Then run
your code through Mozilla Firefox with the Checky extension to see
how "pro" your coding was. The end result is valid CSS.

Cheers,

Del Ferguson
Jul 21 '05 #10
> If you want a free yet very good CSS and multi-purpose editor with code
highlightening, I suggest TSW Webcoder:
http://www.tsw.dk/download.php


If you speak German.


Jul 21 '05 #11
On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 16:56:56 GMT, Bert Byfield wrote:
If you want a free yet very good CSS and multi-purpose editor with code
highlightening, I suggest TSW Webcoder:
http://www.tsw.dk/download.php


If you speak German.


Not true, there is an english version too, works great!
Link:
http://www.tsware.net/software.php?gid=1#download
and it is free. There is also a PRO version...

I don't really understand what is this tsWebEditor and TSW WebCoder.. are
they related? The tsWebEditor is different but seems similar.
http://tswebeditor.tigris.org/
Jul 21 '05 #12
Bert Byfield wrote:
http://www.tsw.dk/download.php

If you speak German.


I do, but I cannot read it. It's danish.
--
Johannes Koch
In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum.
(Te Deum, 4th cent.)
Jul 21 '05 #13
Jam Pa wrote:
I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.

Personally, I would like a CSS editor with 'code-completion'.

In effect, I would like to be able to see different properties and their
possible values as I type, or at least next to the css-code window in a
reference window.

I have tried Style Master, but did not like it at all, it wasn't fast
enough, and not 'pro' enough for a text-editor-kinda CSS designer like me.

cheers,

jp


Check out "NVu" which is available for free, supports linux or windows
and is a css editor.

--
Gus
Jul 21 '05 #14
Topstyle! Its worth the price!

Jul 21 '05 #15
Jam Pa wrote:
I would like to hear recommendations on good CSS editors.

Personally, I would like a CSS editor with 'code-completion'.

In effect, I would like to be able to see different properties and their
possible values as I type, or at least next to the css-code window in a
reference window.

I have tried Style Master, but did not like it at all, it wasn't fast
enough, and not 'pro' enough for a text-editor-kinda CSS designer like me.


StyleMaster 4.02 allows you to not have the automatic popup menus on the
right (just code completion) so it would be much faster.

There is an install option to turn off "smart editors."
--
Bill Drescher
william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
Jul 21 '05 #16

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