MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER MX 2004-USING DREAMWEAVER Use Manual page 444

Editing an HTML tag with the Quick Tag Editor
You can use the Quick Tag Editor to edit an HTML tag in your document.
To edit an HTML tag with the Quick Tag Editor:
Select an object in Design view.
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You can also select the tag you want to edit from the tag selector at the bottom of the
Document window. For more information, see
on page 446.
Press Control+T (Windows) or Command+T (Macintosh).
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The Quick Tag Editor opens in Edit Tag mode.
Enter new attributes, edit existing attributes, or edit the tag's name.
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Press Tab to move forward from one attribute to the next; press Shift+Tab to move back.
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By default, changes are applied to the document when you press Tab or Shift+Tab. To disable
the automatic updates, select Edit > Preferences > Quick Tag Editor or Dreamweaver >
Preferences > Quick Tag Editor (Mac OS X). The Quick Tag Editor Preferences dialog box
appears. Deselect the Apply Changes Immediately While Editing option and click OK.
For more information, click the Help button in the dialog box.
To close the Quick Tag Editor and apply all the changes, press Enter.
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To exit without making any further changes, press Escape.
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Related topics
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"Inserting an HTML tag with the Quick Tag Editor" on page 443
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"Using the hints menu" on page 445
Applying HTML to a selection with the Quick Tag Editor
You can use the Quick Tag Editor to wrap the current selection with opening and closing
HTML tags.
To apply HTML to a selection with the Quick Tag Editor:
Select unformatted text or an object in Design view.
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Note: If you select text or an object that includes an opening or closing HTML tag, the Quick Tag
Editor opens in Edit Tag mode instead of Wrap Tag mode.
Press Control+T (Windows) or Command+T (Macintosh), or click the Quick Tag Editor
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button in the Property inspector.
The Quick Tag Editor opens in Wrap Tag mode.
Enter a single opening tag, such as strong, and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).
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The tag is inserted at the beginning of the current selection, and a matching closing tag is
inserted at the end.
To exit without making any changes, instead of pressing Enter, press Escape.
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444 Chapter 22: Editing Code in Design View
"Editing code with the tag selector"