Operation Manual

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USING DREAMWEAVER

Working with page code

Last updated 3/28/2012

More Help topics

“Change the code format” on page 283

“Set the code colors” on page 285

Verify tags and braces are balanced

You can check to make sure the tags, parentheses (( )), braces ({ }), and square brackets ([ ]) in your page are balanced.

Balanced means that every opening tag, parenthesis, brace, or bracket has a corresponding closing one, and vice versa.

Check for balanced tags

1 Open the document in Code view.

2 Place the insertion point in the nested code you want to check.

3 Select Edit > Select Parent Tag.

The enclosing matching tags (and their contents) are selected in your code. If you keep selecting Edit > Select Parent

Tag, and your tags are balanced, eventually Dreamweaver will select the outermost

html and /html tags.

Check for balanced parentheses, braces, or square brackets

1 Open the document in Code view.

2 Place the insertion point in the code you want to check.

3 Select Edit > Balance Braces.

All of the code between the enclosing parentheses, braces, or square brackets is selected. Choosing Edit > Balance

Braces again selects all of the code inside the parentheses, braces, or square brackets that enclose the new selection.

Check for browser compatibility

The Browser Compatibility Check (BCC) feature helps you locate combinations of HTML and CSS that can trigger

browser rendering bugs. This feature also tests the code in your documents for any CSS properties or values that are

unsupported by your target browsers.

Note: This feature replaces the former Target Browser Check feature, but retains the CSS functionality of that feature.