Dreamweaver CS5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

17. Editing Code

In This Chapter

Using the Coding Toolbar 440

Using Split View 448

Using Live Code View 450

Using the Quick Tag Editor 452

Using the Tag Editor 454

Using the Tag Chooser 455

Collapsing Code 457

Using Code Hints 460

Using the Tag Inspector 462

Using the JavaScript Extractor 464

Using the Code Reference 466

Using an External Editor 468

Putting It All Together 472

Dreamweaver is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) application. Given Dreamweaver’s design strengths, why would you ever bother looking at code, much less editing it?

Believe it or not, there are people who purchase Dreamweaver who then spend most of their time in Code view. There are a number of reasons why; some of the more common we hear are:

• “It’s perfect ...