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Highlighting elements and other items


    You can use the Highlight palette to highlight a single item or any combination of elements and items. You can also highlight link warnings and use the Syntax Checker to check for syntax errors while also highlighting other items. (See Checking syntax.)

To highlight elements and other items:

  1. In the Layout Editor, Source Code Editor, or Outline Editor, choose Window > Highlight to open the Highlight palette.
  2. Do any of the following:
    • To highlight all broken links and invalid file references, click Link Warnings. (You can also show link warnings by clicking the Link Warnings button Link Warnings button on the toolbar.)
    • To highlight one or more particular elements, choose the element(s) from the Elements menu.
    • To highlight text that has a particular CSS definition, choose the definition from the CSS menu.
    • To highlight all elements that have JavaScript actions attached, choose JavaScript Actions from the Special menu.
    • To highlight all items that have a URL, choose Items with URLs from the Special menu.
    • To highlight all text items, choose Text Items from the Special menu.
    • To highlight all comments, choose Comment Items from the Special menu.
    • To highlight all generic items (see Adding a generic element or item), choose Special Items from the Special menu.

To select the previous or next highlighted item:

    To select the previous or next highlighted item, click the Previous button  Previous button   or the Next button  Next button in the Highlight palette.

To clear all highlighting and settings in the Highlight palette:

    Click Clear in the Highlight palette. GoLive clears all highlighting in the document and all settings in the Highlight palette.

To rescan after adding new items to the document:

    Click Rescan in the Highlight palette.

To show and hide all highlighting:

    To show all highlighting in the document, choose Show All Highlighting from the Highlight palette menu. A checkmark indicates the highlighting is shown. The current settings in the Highlight palette remain unchanged.

To show and hide highlighting of element content:

    To show highlighting of element content as well as element tags, choose Highlight Content Too from the Highlight palette menu. A checkmark indicates content is also highlighted.

To show highlighting in preview:

    To show highlighting when previewing your document, choose Show Highlighting in Preview from the Highlight palette menu. A checkmark indicates the highlighting is shown.