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Chapter 19: Setting Up Your Coding Environment
Setting Validator preferences
You can use the Validator in Dreamweaver to quickly locate tag or syntax errors in your code
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). You can specify the tag-based languages against
which the Validator should check, the specific problems that the Validator should check, and
the types of errors that the Validator should report.
the types of errors that the Validator should report.
To set preferences for the Validator:
1.
Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh).
2.
Select Validator from the Category list on the left.
The Validator preferences appear.
3.
Select tag libraries to validate against, and set options for those libraries.
For more information, click the Help button in the dialog box.
Managing tag libraries
A tag library, in Dreamweaver, is a collection of tags of a particular type, along with
information about how Dreamweaver should format the tags. Tag libraries provide the
information about tags that Dreamweaver uses for code hints, target browser checks, the Tag
Chooser, and other coding capabilities. Using the Tag Library editor, you can add and delete
tag libraries, tags, and attributes; set properties for a tag library; and edit tags and attributes.
information about how Dreamweaver should format the tags. Tag libraries provide the
information about tags that Dreamweaver uses for code hints, target browser checks, the Tag
Chooser, and other coding capabilities. Using the Tag Library editor, you can add and delete
tag libraries, tags, and attributes; set properties for a tag library; and edit tags and attributes.
Opening and closing the Tag Library editor
To manage tag libraries, use the Tag Library editor.
To open the Tag Library editor:
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Select Edit > Tag Libraries.
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Validator preferences are ignored when you validate a document that explicitly specifies
a doctype.
a doctype.