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Dreamweaver in a Nutshell
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Dreamweaver in a Nutshell

by Heather Williamson, Bruce A. Epstein
November 2001
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
16h 4m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Invisible Elements Preferences

The Preferences dialog box’s Invisible Elements category, seen in Figure 18-1, determines whether hidden elements are displayed in the Design pane.

Invisible Elements icons

Figure 18-1. Invisible Elements icons

Table 18-3 lists the icon types for each invisible element. Also see the View Visual Aids Invisible Elements menu command.

Table 18-3. Invisible Elements placeholders

Option

Displays a placeholder representing:

Named Anchors

Anchors of the form <a name=" ">.

Scripts

JavaScript or VBScript code embedded with <script> tags.

Comments

Comments indicated by <!-- -->.

Line Breaks

Line breaks created with <br> tags.

Client-Side Image Maps

Client-side image maps (<map> tags).

Embedded Styles

Stylesheets (<style> tags) within the <body> tag. (Stylesheets within the <head> tag appear as a CSS Styles icon in the Head Content bar. See Chapter 10.)

Hidden Form Fields

Elements of type <input type="hidden">.

Form Delimiter

Elements of type <form> (Form delimiters are indicated by a dashed red line surrounding form elements, not by the icon shown in Figure 18-1.)

Anchor Points for Layers

Layers (<div>, and <span> tags). Layers implemented with <layer>, <ilayer> display a similar icon with an N instead of a C. See the Preferences dialog box’s Layers category.

Anchor Points for Aligned Elements

Aligned elements, such as <img align="left">.

Server Markup Tags ...

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