Operation Manual

294

USING DREAMWEAVER

Working with page code

Last updated 3/28/2012

If the tag appears in the right pane with angle brackets (for example, <title></title>), it doesn’t require additional

information, and it’s immediately inserted into the document at the insertion point.

If the tag does require additional information, a tag editor appears.

7 If a tag editor opens, enter the additional information, and click OK.

8 Click the Close button.

More Help topics

“About Dreamweaver tag libraries” on page 323

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.

Display comment markers in Design view

❖ Select View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements.

Make sure that the Comments option is selected in the Invisible Elements preferences or the comment marker does

not appear.

Edit an existing comment

• In Code view, find the comment and edit its text.

• In Design view, select the Comment marker, edit the comment’s text in the Property inspector, and then click in

the Document window.

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.