HTML-Kit Build 290

Assign keyboard shortcuts to menu items, editor commands, custom tags/text, specific plugin actions, files, templates, snippets and other user defined commands using the new "Tools | Customize | Customize Keyboard Shortcuts..." menu option.

For example, to assign the Ctrl+W to the "Close Window" command:

• Open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog ("Tools | Customize | Keyboard Shortcuts").


• Click "Add..."


• Press Ctrl+W (which is the new shortcut being created)


• Select MWindowClose from the "Menu commands" list


• Click "Add" and then "OK." Click "OK" one more time to close the remaining dialog box. Pressing Ctrl+W will now close the current file.

To make Ctrl+B insert bold tags:

• Open the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog ("Tools | Customize | Keyboard Shortcuts").


• Click "Add..."


• Press Ctrl+B


• Select "Insert text" and type "<b>{{SELTEXT}}</b>"


• Click "Add" and then "OK" followed by another "OK." Now it's possible to select a block of text and press Ctrl+B to insert the bold tag.

It's also possible to create new commands by combining multiple existing commands, or create brand new commands using the plugins interface. Keyboard shortcuts can be exported/imported using "Save..."/"Load..." buttons.

• "Help | Keyboard Shortcuts..." option can be used to view a list of currently defined keyboard shortcuts.
   


• Removed Alt+/ and Ctrl+/ keyboard shortcuts (replaced by Alt+Ins and Alt+End).

• Added support for the mouse wheel ("Edit | Preferences | Enable mouse wheel supported scrolling"). Moving the wheel will scroll the editor by the predefined number of lines (default = 3). Hold down the Shift key to scroll by one line or keep the Ctrl key down to scroll a page at a time.
   


• Ability to auto-wrap text by setting "Edit | Preferences | Editor | Wrap at column" to 0. This will make text wrap at the end of the editor window and resizing the window will adjust the wrap column accordingly.
   


• "View | Editor | Word Wrap" menu item to quickly and temporarily toggle the word wrap mode. This mode will be reset to the setting specified under preferences when a file is opened.
   


• Quickly show/hide hidden characters using the "View | Editor | Hidden characters" option.
   


• Editor custom marks ("Edit | Marks") will now be remembered between sessions along with editor bookmarks ("Edit | Bookmarks") when the "Edit | Preferences | Save | Remember editor bookmarks" option is enabled.
   


• Changed the behaviour of the Find/Replace/Goto dialog to no longer allow focusing background windows.
   


• Improved "Find/Replace" function to allow searching and replacing within a selected block of text.
   


• "Stay on top" option to make the "Find/Replace" dialog box close after "Find Next" and "Replace All" functions. Unchecking this option will close the find dialog after the first match, returning the focus back to the editor. F3 or Shift+F3 keys can be used to find other matches.
   


• "Edit | Find | Find All / Replace All" will now display the progress and the number of occurrences found on the status bar.
   


• Clear find/replace history by clicking "..." followed by "Clear History."
   


• Easily enter multi-line find and replace text. The text can be saved to a file for later retrieval. The Go To tab will now display a portion of the text in bookmarked lines for quick reference.
   


• Preview print output using "File | Print Preview." A printer is not required to use this feature and it could be used to view the content of the file from a different point of view.
   


• "Edit | Preferences | Editor | Reload Modified Files" will now be reset to "None" by default.
   


• When the "Edit | Preferences | Save | Change Save button icon to indicate the modified status" option is enabled, the Save button will change its appearance without disabling the save function.
   


• Option to change the default file format (DOS/Windows or UNIX) used to save files ("Edit | Preferences | Save | File Format").
   


• The last file type used to open/save documents can be remembered between sessions by enabling "Edit | Preferences | General | Remember file type between sessions."
   


• "Edit | Pick and Paste (Ctrl+Shift+V)" command to make it easier to pick and paste a string from HTML-Kit's "clipboard history." For example, if "block 1" is copied followed by "block 2," Pick and Paste will keep a history of those text blocks and allow pasting from them. Configurable under "Edit | Preferences | Misc | Pick and Paste."
   


• Ability to append while copying and cutting text using "Edit | Append | Cut/Copy and Append (Ctrl+Shift+X and Ctrl+Shift+C)." For example, if Ctrl+Shift+C is used to copy "abc" followed by "def" the Paste command will merge those two text blocks and paste "abcdef." Or these commands can be used to copy/cut text/tags from multiple locations/documents to create a new single block of text.
   


• Right clicking the gutter area will now display editor bookmarks related commands.
   


• An option to force the preview window to reload the file in the editor, instead of refreshing the preview ("Edit | Preferences | Preview | Refresh editor preview instead of re-loading the document").
   


• Live spell checking is turned off by default in this release. It can be enabled on demand by selecting "View | Spelling Errors (Alt+F7)."

• Windows 2000 and ME ready. Previous HTML-Kit builds, including build 288, are Windows 2000/ME compatible, but this release takes advantage of some of the new features in these operating systems.
   


• Ability to change the default extension used by the "Save As" dialog when a file extension is not specified ("Edit | Preferences | File Types | Default extension").
   


• "File | Save as Extra | Save Copy As" command to make a copy of the current document without changing its name.
   


• Options for installing "Help Content Files," "Actions Bar Layouts" and "Colorizer Views" under "Tools | Install."
   


• The default trigger keys for AutoComplete was changed to the space key and the F4 key.
   


• Quickly enable/disable AutoComplete and TagsReminder features by toggling the Scroll Lock -- "Edit | Preferences | AutoComplete | Require Scroll Lock" and "Edit | Preferences | Help | Skip the delay when Scroll Lock is on."
   


• An option to lock the ability to customize the main menu and toolbars to avoid accidentally moving them -- "Edit | Preferences... | Misc. | Allow customizing menus and toolbars." Menus and toolbars can be customized, even if the above option is checked, by selecting "Tools | Customize | Mens and toolbars."
   


• "Edit | Preferences | Monitor Windows 95/98/ME system resources" option can warn if the percentage of free system resources is getting critically low.
   


• "Edit | Preferences | Misc | Do not use the Alt key in menu shortcuts" option to better support international keyboards with special purpose keys.
   


• By default, the Ctrl+K key will be used to invoke the "Tags | Make Link" command. It can be reserved for creating editor bookmarks (Ctrl+K+[0-9]) by enabling the "Edit | Preferences | Misc | Do not reassign Ctrl+K and Ctrl+Q keys" option.
   


• "Tags | Go to Matching Character (Ctrl+M)" - go to the matching character in [], {}, () and "" pairs. "Edit | Select | Select up to Matching Character (Shift+Ctrl+M)" can select the block of characters in-between matching character pairs.
   


• Improved "Tags | Enclose with Tag" function: ability to enter start and end tags separately, preview of the final code, auto searching; and options for auto creating end tag, removing attributes from the end tag and using the HTML/XML format for creating tags.
   


• "Insert Start and End Tags" and "Insert Empty Tag" menu items under the "Tags" sub menu can be used to insert "<|></>" and "<| />."
   


• Open and focus the Workspace window using "Window | Workspace Window."
   


• Ability to setup custom keyboard shortcuts for showing/hiding windows (Workspace, Messages Window, Actions Bar, etc.) under "Tools | Customize | Keyboard Shortcuts."
   


• "Help | About" dialog will now show percentages of available system, user and GDI resources when applicable (for example, under Windows 9x).
   


• Quickly copy version information by going to "Help | About" and clicking "Copy Version." Then the Paste command can be used to insert version information when posting HTML-Kit related questions.
   


• "File | Save as Extra | Save as Template/Snippet" dialog boxes will now use information from "Edit | Preferences | Author" to fill-in the Author name.
   


• New "Revert to Saved" option in the "File" menu.
   


• File extensions list can now use wild cards: a period (".") by itself will represent a file without an extension, a star ("*") is used to match one or more characters, and a question mark ("?") is used to match a single character.
   


• Option to allow opening multiple files at startup or using the File Open Wizard ("Edit | Preferences | Startup | Open list"). Multiple file names must be separated using the ";" character.
   


• Easily select element content between <style>...</style> and <script>...</script> blocks using "Edit | Select | Select Style/Script Block." Select/delete HTML attribute value strings ("Edit | Select | Select HTML String" and "Edit | Delete | Delete HTML String"). New "Edit | Delete | Delete All" (clear document), "Edit | Delete | Delete Character" and "Edit | Select | Select Character" commands.
   


• The "Edit | Preferences | Startup | Limit to a single HTML-Kit instance" option is now turned on by default. If a file associated with HTML-Kit is opened, that file will be sent to the instance already open rather than opening a new instance. This option can be turned off to allow running multiple copies of HTML-Kit.
   


• The Preferences dialog will now use HTML-Kit's color picker instead of the default Windows color picker. This can be turned off by checking "Edit | Preferences | Misc | Use Windows color picker in preferences."
   


• Moved the "Add files to the Windows' Start | Documents menu" option from the "Misc" tab to the "Save" tab and renamed to "List files in the Start | Documents menu." Also moved options related to programs, browsers and third-party applications to a new tab under "Edit | Preferences | Programs."
   


• New keyboard shortcut keys. Refer to "Help | Keyboard Shortcuts..." for details.
   


• Ability to import proxy server settings from Internet Explorer's Internet Options ("Edit | Preferences | Proxy | Import proxy settings...")
   


• Pressing Alt+Enter inside the Message Window will show the selected message in a pop-up window.
   


• Double clicking the HTML-Kit background window can emulate pressing a custom keyboard shortcut. For example, entering "Ctrl+N" (without quotes) in the "Edit | Preferences | General | Double click shortcut key" field will instruct HTML-Kit to invoke the New File wizard since Ctrl+N is assigned to "File | New."
   


• The Task Bar will now display icons for browser windows, in addition to edit windows. Remote files will use cyan icons and local files will use yellow icons.
   


• Added "Preferences... | General | Highlight selected Task Bar item" option to make the Task Bar display visually smoother.
   


• Context menu (right click) support for Task Bar items to allow quick access to close, show (bring to front), save, preview, print and other functions related to the items on the Task Bar.
   


• Quickly open editors/browsers or toggle Messages Window/Actions Bar/Workspace on/off using mini icons on the left of the Task Bar. These icons can be configured using the "Preferences | General | Task Bar Icons" option.
   


• "Preferences | General | Show cursor after switching to editor/output" option can be used to auto-scroll the editor to ensure that the cursor is visible.
   


• "Preferences | Misc. | Advanced | Lower graphics acceleration" - when HTML-Kit is restarted after enabling this option, it will try to avoid using graphics and video driver related functions that may have compatibility issues.
   


• Added an option to the "Preferences | Save" tab to allow changing the maximum number of items that can be listed under "File | Recent Files/URLs."
   


• HTML-Kit will now remember most window positions and sizes (if applicable) between sessions. "Find/Replace," "Open URL," "Keyword Help," "Templates," "Enclose with Tag" and "Browser Bookmarks" support this function.
   


• "File | Open URL" command.
  
   
  
  
  
  • Input fields for user name and password information.
     
  
  
  • Ability to emulate browsers by sending user agent signatures. This can make it easier to debug server-side scripts programmed to sniff specific browsers. Select "File | Open URL | Emulate Browser | Reset" to reload the default list of User Agent Signatures.
     
  
  
  • Retrieve HTTP header information, to debug scripts, monitor cookies, etc., by checking "Include HTTP headers."
     
  
  
  • Temporarily skip using the proxy server configured under preferences when importing URLs by unchecking "Use proxy server preferences."
     
  
  
  
  


• 
  "Help | Check for Updates" command.
   
  
  
  
  • Option to skip checking for updates if no active dial-up connection is detected ("Edit | Preferences... | Startup | Check for HTML-Kit updates"). This option should not be enabled when connecting to the Internet using a network connection (this includes most cable modems), since it cannot detect connections made outside of the Dial-Up RAS.
     
  
  
  • "Preferences | Startup | Look for betas" option can be enabled to make the "check for updates" function look for pre-release (alpha and beta) versions. This option is disabled by default and has no effect if the current version is a pre-release.
     
  
  
  • Ability to automatically download "Help | Web Links" after invoking the "Check for updates" function. This option is disabled by default and can be enabled to automatically download Web Links if they are updated ("Edit | Preferences | Startup | Check for HTML-Kit Updates | Download latest Web Links").
     
  
  
  • "View what's new" button will be highlighted if a new version is found but the what's new page was not viewed.
     
  
  
  • When enabled, the status bar will display new update notices from the Check for Updates function.
     
  
  
  • Automatically open the What's New page, if it was updated since the last visit to it and if the "Edit | Preferences | Startup | Open HTML-Kit news page" option is checked (disabled by default).
     
  
  
  
  


• Code Formatting
   
  
  
  
  • Customize the way "/>" tokens are displayed (with or without extra space) under "Edit | Preferences | Format | Code formatting preferences | Empty Tag Token."
     
  
  
  • Change the formatting of the equal token ("=") to any one of "=" " = " " =" or "= " under "Edit | Preferences | Format | Code formatting preferences | Equal."
     
  
  
  • Optional spaces and optional new lines can also be customized (to be included or excluded) under "Edit | Preferences | Format | Code formatting preferences | Optional Space / Optional New Line."
     
  
  
  
  

• Quickly validate the web page in the internal browser. Browse to a page to validate by opening an internal browser ("Tools | Open new browser window") and pick "Validate source" the drop-down menu.
   


• New file type mapping feature makes it possible to preview stand-alone files that are not yet a part of a web page. For example, stand-alone style sheets or JavaScript files can be previewed through an HTML host file created on-the-fly. To setup a host file for *.css files, go to "Edit | Preferences... | Preview | Edit Preview Rules...," and add a new file mapping entry with the extension "css" (without periods or quotes. use ";" to separate multiple extensions) and "c:\csshost.htm" for the file name. Create a new file with the following code and save as c:\csshost.htm
  
  
  
  <html><head><title>CSS Host File</title>
  
  <STYLE type="text/css">{{TEXT}}</STYLE>
  
  </head><body>
  
  <h2>Testing...</h2>
  
  </body></html>
  
  
  
  Now when a style sheet (*.css) is previewed, HTML-Kit will preview the above file with the content of the style sheet inserted at "{{TEXT}}" making it possible to preview stand-alone style sheets in real-time.
   


• Ability to map local folders to remote servers, to make it possible to preview local files through a remote server. This can be useful when previewing files with server-side scripts that must be interpreated by a server before being able to display the funal result ("Edit | Preferences... | Preview | Edit Preview Rules...").
   


• New "View Bookmarks," "Open URL in New Window" and "Save Source As" options under the drop-down menu in browser windows.
   


• Preview/browser windows will now display the number of seconds it took to load a document on the status bar whenever possible ("Edit | Preferences | Preview | Show document load time").
   


• "View | Preview in browser window (Alt+F8)" command to allow previewing the current document in a new internal browser window.
   


• An option to display the <title>...</title> of the document on the internal preview window ("Edit | Preferences | Preview | Show document title").
   


• Ability to scroll the preview window using the keyboard after switching from the editor window.
   


• Preview images and other linked files with relative paths without having to save the document being previewed first ("Edit | Preferences | Preview | Store temporary preview files in the document path").
   


• Offline preview ("View | Preview Offline").

• By default, waiting for 1 second after entering "<" or part of a tag such as "<p " will invoke the TagsReminder. Inserting a space inside an existing tag has the same effect. TagsReminder can be configured or disabled under "Edit | Preferences | Help."
   


• Once the TagsReminder is visible, following keys can be used to control it: Up, Down, Home, End, Page Up and Page Down - move the selection bar. Right and Left keys - expand/collapse the selected item (to view related values, for example). Enter - complete the current text using the highlighted item in the TagsReminder. Escape - close TagsReminder without inserting any new text.
   


• TagsReminder can reduce the amount of typing required to enter tags by reusing values available elsewhere in the document. For example, if there's code associated with the onmouseover event in the current document, TagsReminder can quickly retrieve that code and make it possible to reuse it when entering new onmouseover attributes. It can also make it easier to enter style rules, classes, links, images, ALT text, colors, IDs/names, scripts and other frequently used attribute values.
   


• The status bar will display information about the selected item, such as whether a tag is available and/or deprecated in a given document type including XHTML, XHTML Basic and HTML 4.x, a brief description of the tag/attribute, whether the default value is implied, etc.
   


• Icons for deprecated tags and attributes will be displayed using the default background color and tags/attributes that are not deprecated will have a brighter background color.
   


• Colors used elsewhere in the document will be listed with color previews when the TagsReminder is invoked for attributes used to specify color values.
   


• Font names listed in the TagsReminder will preview those fonts to make it easier to pick a font.
   


• Clicking the "?" icon will invoke keyword help for the selected tag/attribute.
   


• The "i" (information) icon will display details about the selected item including previews of certain style rules.
   


• The TagsReminder window can be resized by dragging its bottom right corner.
   


• Ability to invoke the TagsReminder on demand by pressing Ctrl+F1. The idle time for the TagsReminder must be set to a high number to be able to use this feature effectively.
   


• Shift double click is now the same as Shift+Enter.
   


• Recently used colors (from the Colors plugin) are now listed under color attributes in the TagsReminder.

• Ability to setup external programs for editing images and scripts by right clicking <img src="..."> and <script src="..."> tags ("Edit | Preferences | Programs | Image/Script editor").
   


• View linked images by placing the cursor inside <img src="..."> tags and selecting "View Linked Image" from the right-click menu.
   


• Send the linked file under the cursor to a pre-defined or auto-detected third-party application such as a script/image/style/text/specialized editor. For example, place the cursor inside an <img ...> tag and select a program from the "Tags | Send linked file to" to open/edit the linked image using an external application. Or, open linked files at the cursor by right clicking and selecting "Open Linked File." A keyboard shortcut will be automatically assigned to these applications to allow quickly invoking them at a later point. Files linked using <link>, <a>, <script>, etc., tags can be opened using the same method.
   


• "Tags | Open Linked File (Shift+Ctrl+O)" command to easily open files linked using anchor, link, script and other similar tags. Right clicking while the cursor is inside one of the above tags will display an option to open the linked file. The linked file can be in the form of HTML anchor tags, frame sources, area links, CSS import URLs, values in HTML attributes or included files in Perl, PHP and other languages. Files with bookmarks at the end (ie, file.html#bookmark) are also supported.
   


• Ability to use HTML-Kit as the editor used in Internet Explorer's "View Source" command ("Edit | Preferences | Programs | Windows Integration | Use to View Source"). Files opened using this feature will be treated as HTML files by default ("Edit | Preferences | Misc | Colorize files without extensions as HTML").
   


• Option to save the current document before invoking an external program ("Edit | Preferences | Programs | Edit external program list | Edit | Save current file").
   


• Option to reload the document being edited ("Edit | Preferences | Programs | Edit external program list | Edit | Prompt to reload").
   


• "Edit | Preferences | Programs | Programs List | Auto Detect" can now auto-detect Netscape 6.x browsers and some of the third-party FTP clients. HTML-Kit will also auto-detect Internet Explorer backward compatible versions, for example, the IE 4 compatible version that is installed with IE 5.
   


• Integration with TopStyle Lite to edit/insert style sheets, style element content and style attribute values. Style sheets related commands are accessible from the "Tags | Style Sheet" menu, the Actions Bar under the "Style" tab, the "Actions | Style" menu, the TagsReminder and *F5 keyboard shortcuts.
   
  
  
  
  
  • To edit style element content, right click when the cursor is inside a <style>...</style> tag and select "Edit Style Tag Content (Ctrl+F5)."
     
  
  
  • Style attribute values can be edited by right clicking and selecting "Edit Style Attribute Value (Shift+F5)" when the cursor is inside the value of a style="..." attribute.
     
  
  
  • Linked style sheet files can be edited by right clicking <link rel="stylesheet" ...> tags and selecting "Edit Linked Style Sheet File."
     
  
  
  • The full version of TopStyle can be invoked by selecting "Tags | Send Linked File To | TopStyle (Shift+Ctrl+n)" and "Tools | Programs | TopStyle (Ctrl+n)" menu items.
     
  
  
  • Reassigned keyboard shortcuts F5 (refresh) and Ctrl+F5 (show cursor) to style sheets related commands. Custom keyboard shortcuts can be assigned to these commands by going to "Tools | Customize | Keyboard Shortcuts."
     
  
  
  
  


• Ability to disable shortcut keys assigned to programs and browsers ("Edit | Preferences | Programs | Assign Ctrl/Alt/Ctrl+Shift/Alt+Shift shortcuts").

• "View | Colorizer View" sub menu can be used to switch between multiple colorizer views on-the-fly. This feature can be used to pick a colorizer view with a different color scheme or to highlight specific parts of a page (plain text, tags, scripts, strings, comments, entities, ASP blocks, PHP code, etc.).
   


• Ability to syntax highlight HTML, XML, CSS, JavaScript/JScript, VBScript, Visual Basic, ASP/VBScript, PHP (including 4), Perl, Python, C/C++/C#, Delphi/Pascal, Java, Lisp, SQL, INI/Conf and other similar file types. Initial support for colorizing JSP files. Python colorizer includes support new operators and methods introduced in version 2.x.
   


• Customize file extensions used by supported file types under "Edit | Preferences | File Types | Colorized file types."
   


• <%...%> blocks are now colorized according to the file type; .asp files will use VBScript highlighting by default while .php files will use PHP specific highlighting. The "Edit | Preferences | Misc | Use ASP/PHP/JSP specific colorizers" option may be unchecked to highlight <%...%> blocks using a single color.
   


• Support for <server>...</server> JavaScript blocks for editing server-side scripts, for example, used by LiveWire servers.
   


• "/>" is now highlighted as part of the tag, similar to "</"
   


• Improved color customization dialog under "Edit | Preferences | Colors" with the ability to pick from any color available on the system when syntax highlighting files. It's now possible to change the editor background to a color more pleasing to the eye under "Edit | Preferences | Colors | Default Text | Background."
   


• Ability to configure default colors for editor text/background and gutter text/background under "Preferences | Editor." These settings should be used in conjunction with the colors configured under "Preferences | Colors."
   


• Default background colors for plain text editors and HTML-Kit window size/position will not be transferred from previous installations (build 288 and lower) during this upgrade. Simply reconfigure these settings if necessary after the upgrade.

• Keyword help can now use HTML Help (*.chm) and WinHelp (*.hlp) files to provide customizable help references, in addition to online references and HTML files.
   


• Ability to sort items in the Help Picker by clicking the title column.
   


• Enable/disable specific keyboard help files under "Edit | Preferences | Help | Help Options | Keyword help files."
   


• Filter out online help references by enabling the "Edit | Preferences | Help | Use only local keyword help files" option, so that only offline help topics are displayed.
   


• Option to remember Help window size and position between sessions ("Edit | Preferences | Help | Remember help window size and position").
   


• Right clicking the editor while the cursor is on a tag will now show a menu item to invoke keyword help for that tag.
   


• Pressing F1 will show the Help window and it can be hidden by pressing F1 again.
   


• "Help | Command Names" option to get a list of built-in commands in HTML-Kit, mostly useful to plugin developers.
   


• Help topics will be displayed in the default external browser if the internal browser could not be initialized.

• 04-Aug-2000 version of the HTML Tidy plugin with a separate option to enable the auto indent mode ("Edit | Preferences | Tidy | Switches | Smart indent"). Also new are "Process as XML" and "Run with custom config file" menu items in the Tidy plugin. The latter can be used to select an external Tidy config file, rather than using options under "Edit | Preferences | Tidy."
   


• "Help | Installed Plugins..." - quick reference for currently installed plugins and credits screen for plugin authors.
   


• Ability to write plugins in Perl and Java, in addition to C/C++, Delphi, Visual Basic and HKScript. Perl and Java interpreter paths can be configured under "Edit | Preferences | Actions | Perl interpreter / Java VM."
   


• Faster startup: HTML-Kit will now load plugins from a cache to reduce the time required to initialize them during startup. The speed increase is most noticeable on systems with many custom plugins. Plugin caching can be disabled by unchecking "Edit | Preferences | Actions Bar | Cache plugins." The plugins cache can be reset by selecting "Tools | Install | Clear Plugins Cache." Loading plugins can be temporarily disabled during startup by holding Shift+Ctrl keys down.
   


• "Insert File Names" plugin is now able to insert relative paths.
   


• "Colors" plugin updated to provide quicker access to the 16 basic colors and make it easier to know whether a named color is web safe. It can also insert colors in multiple formats: color name, 6 digit hex code, 3 digit hex code, rgb(r,g,b) and rgb(r%,g%,b%) format. Moved the "Recently Used Colors" list in the Color Picker to the top to avoid accidently picking a different color while moving the pointer down to click "OK."
   


• "Calculator" plugin with the ability to convert decimal numbers to hexadecimal numbers.
   


• "PrototypePad" WYSIWYG editor plugin to make it easier to visually modify text in HTML pages. It can also be used to create new web pages.
   


• "TagsWizard" to make it easier to insert images, create links and enter other tags with the ability to modify and preview the results while constructing the tag. The image tag wizard ("Tags | Image | Insert Image") can preview images, insert image dimensions, generate ALT text and allow access to other tag attributes. The anchor tag wizard can be invoked by pressing Ctrl+K or by selecting "Tags | Make Link" from the main menu.
   


• The TextTools plugin can now convert between <% %>, <? ?> and <?php ?> tags (ASP <-> PHP).
   


• "Tools | Plugins Generator" menu item to quickly invoke the Plugins Generator if it's already installed on the system.


• The events plugin was updated to include all known event names. "Doctype" and "HTML Document" plugins now include HTML 4.01 definitions. Any custom keyboard shortcuts previously assigned to these plugin menu items may need to be updated. Removed the "EMBED" button.
   

• Ability to open HTML or other text files residing on FTP servers or local folders, make changes and seamlessly upload back to the server by saving the files as usual. To add a FTP server or a local folder, make sure that "View | Workspace" is checked, right click the Workspace and select "Add/Remove FTP server/folder." The "Workspace" sub menu can also be used to add FTP servers and local folders to the Workspace.
   


• Reopen files from the FTP Workspace using the Recent URLs list ("File | Recent Files / URLs" menu and the drop-down list on the "Files" toolbar) or the "File Open Wizard."
   


• Ability to setup file and directory permissions for delete and rename access ("Workspace | Right click | Properties | General"). Can be used to avoid accidental deletions of files such as templates and snippets.
   


• Optionally move files being deleted to the Windows Recycle Bin, which would allow undeleting those files at a later time.
   


• Easily preview uploaded files through the web server: right click the FTP server and select "Properties." Enter the root address of the web server under "General | Web root address" and click "OK." Finally right click an item to preview and select "Preview."
   


• Menus for inserting links or image tags using the Workspace by right clicking and selecting "Insert as Link" or "Insert as Image." "Insert Path" menu item can be used to insert the the selected file name possibly with its relative path.
   


• Space for keeping notes such as to-do items, password hints, etc., for FTP and local servers under "Workspace | Right click | Properties | Notes."
   


• Quickly open Workspace folders in the Windows Explorer using "Workspace | Right click | Explore item."
   


• "Workspace | Right click | Context menu" can be used to invoke the Windows context menu for the selected local folder or file.
   


• Moving the mouse over files in the Workspace will display the file size and the file date on the status bar.
   


• "Preferences | Workspace | Show file details in pop-up hints" - when enabled Workspace file details will be displayed in a hint window, in addition to on the status bar.
   


• "Edit & Upload" - edit a local file and upload it to a remote server by dragging the icon located on the bottom panel of the editor to the Workspace.
   


• "File | Detach from Remote Server" main menu option can be used to detach a remote file's connection to the server. Once detached, saving the file will not upload changes back to the remote server. Optionally detach remote files from the server after invoking the "Save As..." command. The default behavior can be modified by going to "Edit | Preferences... | Workspace."
   


• "Preferences | Workspace | Attach to the server after drag and drop uploads" - when enabled, files uploaded to the FTP Workspace using the drag and drop method will be attached to the remote server afterwards and saving that file will automatically update the remote file.
   


• "Preferences | Workspace | Confirm drag and drop uploads" option to disable confirmation dialog boxes.
   


• "Edit | Preferences | Workspace | Refresh after drag and drop uploads" option can be used to automatically refresh the Workspace after using drag and drop upload.
   


• Automatically backup Workspace files before uploading and downloading ("Edit | Preferences | Workspace | Auto backup the last uploaded/downloaded file").
   


• Ability to upload file(s) optionally with new names ("Workspace | Right click | Upload / Upload As...").
   


• Files can be renamed while using drag and upload, by holding down the Shift key.
   


• Option to use lowercase file names by default ("Edit | Preferences | Workspace | Upload using lowercase file names").
   


• "Skip overwrite prompt" option that can be used while uploading multiple files.
   


• "Preferences | Workspace | Transfer Mode" options can be used to set the default FTP file transfer mode for different file types.
   


• Float or dock the Workspace using the "Workspace | Right click | More options | Dock" sub menu.
   


• Option to list files before folders in the Workspace ("Workspace| Right click | Properties | General | List folders first").
   


• Change the listing order of server items in the Workspace by selecting the item and using Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down shortcut keys. Or right click the Workspace and select "More Options | Mover Up/Down."
   


• "Edit | Preferences | Workspace | Refresh after adding templates and snippets" will refresh the Workspace folder under which new templates and snippets are saved.
   


• "Edit | Preferences | Workspace | Show log inside the Workspace" option can be used to show an internal log window in the Workspace window, which is hidden by default. HTML-Kit should be restarted after changing this option.
   


• HTML-Kit will no longer allow exiting the program and/or closing remote files without prompting to close active connections to the associated remote servers first.
   


• When the "Edit | Preferences | Workspace | Prompt to disconnect before exiting" option is enabled, HTML-Kit will prompt to disconnect from active remote servers before exiting.
   


• Use any local or remote folder (for group access) as a templates/snippets library. After a new local folder is added to the Workspace, the "Open duplicate" option can be set to make files inside that folder act as templates. To create a snippets folder, check "Insert content at cursor." For regular open/save folders, leave at "Open original."
   


• Better support for files opened from the FTP Workspace: "Windows Manager," "Messages Window" and list of files in the "Window" menu will now display the FTP address for files opened from the FTP Workspace.

• Ability to customize the Actions Bar ("View | Actions Bar Layout | Customize") and keep multiple layouts under "View | Actions Bar Layout."
   


• Support for text-only plugin buttons (buttons without icons) and button separators.
   


• Change the font used for displaying tabs on the Actions Bar ("Edit | Preferences Actions | Tab Font").
   


• When "Edit | Preferences | Actions | Drop-down menu rows" is set to 0 (default), the maximum number of items a plugin drop-down menu can display will be automatically calculated according to the height of the video display.
   


• Jump to the first or the last item on the Actions Bar by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking the left or the right arrow icon.
   


• The "[ All ]" tab on the Actions Bar is now hidden by default, but can be enabled using the "Edit | Preferences | Actions | Show All tab" option.