Datasheet

CSS improvements
13Lesson 1, Dreamweaver CS4 Jumpstart
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CSS improvements
The rebuilt Property Inspector reduces the risk of making mistakes when adding HTML and
CSS for text. In earlier versions, Dreamweaver would sometimes add HTML to the page,
and sometimes create CSS styles, depending on which buttons you clicked in the Property
Inspector. This often led to a long, undesired list of styles with ambiguous names, such as Style1,
Style2, and so on. In Dreamweaver CS4, the two functions—adding HTML and creating
styles—are divided into two di erent views of the Property Inspector.
The recon gured Property Inspector eliminates confusion when using HTML and CSS.
HTML data sets
Dreamweaver’s new HTML data set feature lets you convert a regular HTML le to a small
database system. For instance, you can create an HTML table with rows and columns of data,
and use Dreamweaver to import that table into another web page (using JavaScript and Spry).
Then you can present that data in a variety of di erent ways, such as a “Master/Detail” page
that lets a user view a master summary of rows from the table, click an item in the list, and
instantly see all the details for that table row.
The HTML data set feature allows you to
import and present data in di erent ways.
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