Anyone use Notepad++ to edit HTML/CSS?

[deronsizemore]

Can you tell me if it has a "preview in browser" feature? I see a lot of people requesting it on the forums there, but no responses and they are all old forums threads, so I didn't know if this had been added?

It looked nice and I thought about using it, but if it doesn't allow you to preview in browser, I'll stick with Edit+

[tetsujin]

I do not think there is a preview in broswer feature no...I use it, but that is because I am hardcore code junkie.

Cameron

[ses5909]

as far as preview in browser, do you mean to view it in any a browser choice right there within the application? Why not just save the file and view it in the browser directly?

[deronsizemore]

as far as preview in browser, do you mean to view it in any a browser choice right there within the application? Why not just save the file and view it in the browser directly?

Sorry, should have specified better. I could do what you're saying, but that's the long way around it I think.

With Edit+, once I have an HTML document, I simply have to click Ctrl+B and it opens Firefox (or whatever browser you specify) to view your code in a browser. Really handy.

[tetsujin]

I guess I am just used to Alt+Tab F5 lol

Cameron

[davemcnally]

I always wondered that whilst looking at Notepad++ myself but I have since started using Edit+ anyway.

Do you have a specific reason for wanting a new application? (just out of interest) I am pretty happy with Edit+ after having tried many other demos.

[ses5909]

Oh gotcha. That functionality is built into textpad and Ultraedit too. Just a very quick way to launch it in the browser.

[deronsizemore]

I always wondered that whilst looking at Notepad++ myself but I have since started using Edit+ anyway.

Do you have a specific reason for wanting a new application? (just out of interest) I am pretty happy with Edit+ after having tried many other demos.


Nah, no reason really. Just came across Notepad ++ and thought it looked interesting and was going to try it out if it had that feature. I love Edit+ though and it does everything I need. :)


I guess I am just used to Alt+Tab F5 lol


Well yeah, I guess that would work too. Didn't think about that. I guess it would be Ctrl+S, then Alt+Tab F5? :bigsmile:

[rodaniel]

I use Notepad++ and really like it, but I don't need WYSIWYG functionality. It does do a nice job of color-coding your code and such...

[deronsizemore]

I use Notepad++ and really like it, but I don't need WYSIWYG functionality. It does do a nice job of color-coding your code and such...

Yeah, I don't need WYSIWYG functionality either. I probably sounded like that's what I was after in my original post though. I'm simply looking for something like what Edit+ does for me. I can edit HTML/CSS and then click Ctrl+B and it automatically saves the document and launches my default browser so I can see my changes.

[deronsizemore]

Actually, I discovered that NotePad ++ does have this functionality.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X does the trick. Opens my document in Firefox.

[deronsizemore]

I always wondered that whilst looking at Notepad++ myself but I have since started using Edit+ anyway.

Do you have a specific reason for wanting a new application? (just out of interest) I am pretty happy with Edit+ after having tried many other demos.

Dave,

Just a follow up here. I've been playing around with NotePad ++ a little more and I'm starting to really like it. Now that I know it has the shortcut keys to launch your web browser to view your end result, I think it may have a slight edge on EditPlus because two features that Notepad ++ has that EditPlus doesn't seem to have is the tab lines and the collapsible code which keeps everything neat.

[davemcnally]

Dave,

Just a follow up here. I've been playing around with NotePad ++ a little more and I'm starting to really like it. Now that I know it has the shortcut keys to launch your web browser to view your end result, I think it may have a slight edge on EditPlus because two features that Notepad ++ has that EditPlus doesn't seem to have is the tab lines and the collapsible code which keeps everything neat.

Thanks for the info, I will be keeping this in my list for future reference :)
Edit+ is doing the job just fine for the moment but anything is a step up in functionality compared Notepad!

[socialpreneur]

I like using notepad++ for its function to color codes. I like it although I'm not a professional designer/developer.