Hi everyone,
I am looking for a CSS editor that is decent and free to use. I looked at couple but not sure which one to use or even if there is a better one that I am missing out on.
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Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions Has GREAT css support, there is also a bunch on Sourceforge if you interested in something a little lighter
cgreeno
2009-01-16 23:26:31
For the most part, I have to agree. Although there are some more obscure things that I can't get code-completion for and it will underline them as errors when I write them manually, even though I know they're correct. It's still an amazing editor.
Dan Herbert
2009-01-16 23:49:10
way to IE friendly though - I wish I could remeber what it was, but there's at least one perfectly valid construct it doesn't sanction
annakata
2009-01-16 23:58:27
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Once you know CSS, I've never found one that was faster or freeer than Notepad.
Probably not the answer you were looking for, but don't become too dependent on your cool editor.
Larsenal
2009-01-16 23:28:11
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Editplus, Notepad++, UltraEdit, etc, etc..
CSS is best written hand-written.
annakata
2009-01-16 23:30:39
Well neither's editplus (unlimited trial period it seems though) but these are the kind of tools you're likely to have already
annakata
2009-01-18 14:38:10
I dont agree, while writing manually is actually good, intellisense can really boost productivity.
iamserious
2010-09-14 09:42:08
@iamserious - where exactly did I say intellisense was bad? Manual != lacking intellisense, it just means not auto-generated by ineffectual-to-broken wysiwyg tools.
annakata
2010-09-14 10:34:46
@annakata: I was commenting on your, "CSS is best written by hand". I didnt say that you were blaming intellisense. But Now I see you meant its better than WYSWIG. Yes, I completely agree. but Notepad++ is not the best tool to write CSS. Just because you know that "Display:none" doesnt mean you have to type it out every single time. visual studio lets you write "D" and a space to insert the whole word. much faster.
iamserious
2010-09-14 11:37:38
@iamserious: unfortunately though visual studio follows MS's interepretations of the CSS standard which means that whilst it's great for IE and works most of the time, some perfectly valid CSS constructs will be unsupported at best or raise errors at worst (if you don't disable parsing in options). Intellisense lacking intelligence is weak, and saving yourself typing a few characterers here and there has never been a critical aspect of an IDE.
annakata
2010-09-14 12:11:38
I wanted to remove my downvote here, but SO is giving me this error: "You last voted on this answer7 hours agoYour vote is now locked inunless this answer is edited" . can you edit and add a fullstop or something please?
iamserious
2010-09-14 17:02:21
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Notepad++ is great for web languages, including CSS.
Here's the site:
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
Here are some of its features:
- Syntax Highlighting and Syntax Folding
- Auto-completion
- Multidocument
- Multiview
Paxenos
2009-01-16 23:41:35
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Pretty much any editor can do css, since all you really need in syntax highlighting. Personally, I use Komodo Edit.
defrex
2009-01-16 23:43:21
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SciTE is pretty good if configured correctly. It's similar to Textpad.
John
2009-01-16 23:43:38
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VonC
2009-01-16 23:59:57
I would have reported netbeans though often I've to struggle with unwanted warning with css properties, like zoom, for example, needed by explorer that netbeans report as unknown
Eineki
2009-01-17 01:01:18
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Vim has good CSS-editing capabilities include syntax highlighting and omni-completion.
Brian Carper
2009-01-17 00:10:50
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The non free editors I use are Visual Studio 2008 and Dreamweaver CS3. But, in the end, any good text editor will more than suffice and I usually end up using one of those. Learning to code CSS (and, for that matter, HTML) by hand never hurt anyone.
bobtorp
2009-01-17 01:12:44
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Johannes Schaub - litb
2009-01-17 14:21:55
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Another vote for Notepad++. I use it for all my PHP and CSS editing. The only downside is that it's only for windows.
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Smashing Magazine reviewed a series of CSS Editors that might help you on your way.
Andy
2009-01-17 22:04:00
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All the product listed above are grest software.Some time ago I tried ArduoCss. It is a good product free and easy-to-use. You can find it here
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I personally like Aptana (http://www.aptana.org/) -- it has great CSS and JavaScript support.
Nicholas Cloud
2010-04-19 23:34:53