Code Hints - Adobe 38040334 - Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual

Chapter 3: Customizing Code
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Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 uses two devices in Code view that help you enter code quickly and
make your code readable and accurate. These two devices are code hints and code coloring. In
addition, Dreamweaver validates your code for the target browsers that you specify and allows
you to change default HTML formatting.
You can customize code hints and code coloring by modifying the XML files that implement
them. You can add items to the Code Hints menus by adding entries to the CodeHints.xml or
SpryCodeHints.xml file. You can modify color schemes by modifying the code coloring style file,
Colors.xml, or you can change code coloring schemes or add new ones by modifying one of the
code coloring syntax files, such as CodeColoring.xml. You can also modify the Cascading Style
Sheet (CSS) profile file for your target browser to affect how Dreamweaver validates CSS
properties and values. You can also change the Dreamweaver default HTML formatting through
the Preferences dialog box. The following sections describe how to customize these features.

Code hints

Code hints are menus that Dreamweaver opens when you type certain character patterns in the
Code view. Code hints offer a typing shortcut by providing a list of strings that potentially
complete the string you are typing. If the string you are typing appears in the menu, you can
scroll to it and press Enter or Return to complete your entry. For example, when you type , a
<
pop-up menu shows a list of tag names. Instead of typing the rest of the tag name, you can select
the tag from the menu to include it in your text. Dreamweaver also provides code hints for the
Spry framework.
Dreamweaver loads Code Hints menus from the CodeHints.xml file and any other xml files in
the Configuration/CodeHints folder. You can add Code Hints menus to Dreamweaver by
defining them in your own XML files using the XML schema format described in this topic, and
placing them in the Configuration/CodeHints folder.