Specifying HTML Tags to Use for a Specific Browser

The HTML Editor can automatically provide suggestions for HTML tags that work for specific browsers. The HTML Editor offers HTML tag choices in drop down boxes. These are called tag tips.  

W hen more than one primary browser is selected, the tag tips in the drop down that are common to both browsers display in black. This enables you to code for two types of browsers, such as Firefox and Internet Explorer, or two versions of the same browser.

For example, if you want to code for IE 5.0, but maintain backwards compatibility with 4.0, then choose 5.0 and 4.0 as the two primary browsers. Tags in common to both are available in the tag tips box. Newer 5.0 tags that did not exist in 4.0 do not appear, which helps you code your HTML without having to worry about which tag are supported.

Choosing a secondary browser lets you see ALL the tags for a certain browser in a different color. In the example above, if you wanted to code for IE 4.0 and 5.0 but add certain tags from OPERA, you would select OPERA as the secondary browser. When you saw a colored tag in the tag tips box, you would know it was an OPERA tag, which may or may not work in IE or Firefox helping you to decide whether to insert the particular tag.

To show tag tips

  1. On the main menu, click Tools > Global Options (or press ALT+F7).

  2. Expand the Helper Applications node, expand the HTML Editor node, then click Tag tips The HTML Editor Tag tips options appear.

  3. Configure options as described below.

  4. Click Apply if you are going to make changes to other pages; click OK to save changes and close the Global Options dialog box.