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Editing an element


    You use the Web Settings Element Inspector to set an element's function and structure, format, and browser support options. You can edit elements or define new elements.

    Important: Do not edit Web Settings unless you are an expert in HTML. Serious damage to your documents can result from errors made while editing the Web Settings. Before you add new items or modify existing items, check the current HTML specifications defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at http://www.w3c.org. For information on closing Web Settings without saving changes or on restoring the default Web Settings, see Restoring default Web Settings.

To edit an element:

  1. Select the element in the Markup tab of Web Settings, and in the Basic tab of the Inspector enter the element name in the Name text box.
  2. Enter a description in the Comment text box.
  3. Choose one of the following from the Structure pop-up menu:
    • Block creates a block-level container element that can contain other elements, for example, the <BODY> tag.
    • Inline Visible creates an element that has visible content. This element can only exist within a container element, such as the <IMG> tag.
    • Inline Invisible creates an element that can only exist within a container element, has visible content, but isn't visible itself (although it influences a visual property of the content), such as the <BOLD> tag.
    • Inline Container creates a container element that can only exist within another container element. It can have both non-HTML content and visible HTML content, such as the <APPLET> tag.
    • Inline Killer is reserved for use with the <BR> tag.
  4. Choose one of the following options from the Content pop-up menu to define how the content of an element is treated:
    • Normal treats the content as specified by the Structure property.
    • Get All Spaces keeps all extra white space when reading the tags. For example, this option enables GoLive to display all spaces between the start and end <PRE></PRE> tags.
    • Core Text preserves the content of a tag without adding or deleting anything.
  5. Choose an option from the End Tag pop-up menu:
    • Required specifies that the element needs an end tag.
    • Optional (do not write) indicates that the element does not need an end tag and that GoLive is not supposed to read or write one.
    • Optional (write) indicates that the element does not require an end tag but GoLive adds it anyway.
    • Attribute
  6. Choose an of the following.
    • Can Be Stripped indicates that the element can be removed from the source code before publishing the page.
    • Can Have Any Attribute