Editing HTML editor (section)

== Text editors ==
[[Text editors]] intended for use with HTML usually provide at least [[syntax highlighting]]. Some editors additionally feature [[template (file format)|templates]], [[toolbar]]s and [[keyboard shortcut]]s to quickly insert common [[HTML element]]s and structures. [[Wizard (software)|Wizards]], [[tooltip]] prompts and [[Autocomplete|autocompletion]] may help with common tasks.

Text editors commonly used for HTML typically include either built-in functions or integration with external tools for such tasks as [[version control]], link-checking and [[Validator|validation]], [[HTML Tidy|code cleanup and formatting]], spell-checking, uploading by FTP or WebDAV, and structuring as a project. Some functions, such as link checking or validation may use [[web app|online tools]], requiring a network connection.

Text editors require user understanding of HTML and any other web technologies the designer wishes to use like CSS, JavaScript and [[server-side scripting]] languages.

To ease this requirement, some editors allow editing of the markup in more [[graphic organizer|visually organized]] modes than simple color highlighting, but in modes not considered WYSIWYG. These editors typically include the option of using [[palette window]]s or [[dialog box]]es to edit the text-based parameters of selected [[Object (computer science)|objects]]. These palettes allow editing parameters in individual fields, or inserting new tags by filling out an onscreen form, and may include additional [[widget (computing)|widgets]] to present and select options when editing parameters (such as previewing an image or text styles) or an outline editor to expand and collapse HTML objects and properties.