All very good suggestions JonB.

The one about selected different stylsheets from a url is possible. You have to click "Load From Site" under file. If there is more than one external stylesheet it will load them into a list and allow you to select one/all of them.

So you want a "Load File From Site" beside the url box. That is logical, I can do that.

I should be able to make an easy history drop down.

Also, I have a working FTP client attached to it (just a small username, password, host, and directory kind of thing) to upload finished css files. So that will be in the next version.

Finding unreferenced classes would be easy as well. I'll see what I can do and how I can implement it.

Thanks and I'll get back to you when I release it!

Thanks

We were both posting at the same time

on Two Style Sheets -what I was really meaning was not how cascades or multiple attached externals work - that works great. I have a couple of Wordpress ones that have width variants - that works fine with your tool.

What I meant was having two variants of the same file in memory. THink of Yabb themee Css

Load A, you like it - but want to match some things From B. Load B Toggle, fix, update toggle fix...

Its OK

tool is cool

Could use a better color picker, maybe one with the 'HTML pallette' option

* JonB shuts up finally - its your project, LOL

AHHHH -

* JonB is not always that bright.

I found another error using your tool. I can't figure this one out though it looks like a parsing error. Again it ocurred on the color attribute.

See attached.

As for RGB method, there are two supported notations RGB byte value (0-255) per channel nd RGB percentage 0-100% per channel. I have never used the last method, but I was able to finf plentry of references to using it. I can see how it would be very useful in generating charts or manipulating things like color wheel selectors for theme builders. (for eample <wink>)  In things like jscript applets etc.


If you are going to make this general purpose, I suggest you DON'T convert RGB values to hex and then write that to the updated file. For a couple of very sound reasons.


Here's my thinking.

Presumably - if there rgb notation in the source Stylesheet then the authors/collaborators may use that method in other sheets as well. Writing it back in hex, will make bug tracking very difficult.

I also realize that in 'mixed' notation - you wouldn't want to have to add a field or flag for color method notation.

Here's 'my idea'
offer an option to 'Convert Color to' <hex>, <rgbB> <rgb%> and make a conversion pass.

And if they don't, then the code stays in its original state - i.e. mixed.  Persumably, if the syntax is right, it will render correctly.

I know you are busy on many things (so am I - can you say 14 hrs day - lol), so respond only when you have a chance

I do think you have the basis for a nice piece of shareware or donate ware here. The littlest pieces of software are often the most useful. I do lots of graphic stuff and I would be lost without all my wonky toys like rulers, colorpickers. color guides and my own prototyping color-schema tools (nothing as elaborate as this, lol)  Other than full blown CSS editors, I'm not aware of another tool this lightweight that works quite like this... Good Work.

OK I should say God Bless ACDSee. BreezeBrowse and N'amo for cutting huges amounts of time from my work.

You probably already have this link BUT if not -
http://www.december.com/html/spec/colordef.html

I think they have some of the best, most comprehensive discussions of color.

I don't know how much you think about this aspect, but I wound up with a collaborator who was a color blind artist! that's a head shaker, huh?. No affect on the processing centers, and a purely genetic inhibitor on receptors. BUT a practical impossibility. (He dropped out of art school and became a nurse - still draws for me though)  He made me think about testing web designs that are 'subtle' to make sure color 'cueing' isn't a problem in the interface. In the end I developed some rules of thumb based on luminosity that worked very well - with some help indirectly from Photoshop's web color picker.  I'll round up some good color picker examples and forward them.  I have links on that stuff if you want them.



the error I menioned is attached

thanks for all your work

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Wow - you are the energizer bunny Unilat!

I realize now why I got that error - no hash!

that's not valid CSS is it?  are you coing to auto-fix bare hex to make it valid CSS?

I used to use TopStyle from Newsgator, but it was too much - like CoffeeCup's CSS thingy, its really more than needed for working with CSS alone - both are meant to compliment HTML editors.

I don't believe in recommending to software authors that they do what other offerings do.  You might keep them from exploring a great idea that comes as a challenge.  But I do believe in Market Research.  Not so much for how things are done, but to have an idea of what options your users will have and what your unique strengths will be.  Even if one product is free and another costs some amount of money - that is not often the deciding factor for utility software. I have a PILE of paid, licensed utility software. Quite a few I have two or more of... and some free ones as well. The right tool for each job.  

so with that in mind here's a pretty comprehensive very recent review of Css Editors I found today...

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/19/css-editors-reviewed/

I'm sure there are a couple of real gems in there

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BTW I have a 'silly' question - is this your first standalone utility program? (I have no idea) If it is, its a good 'un. LOL

Implemented:

- Multiple windows.
- Drag bar to expand the left half (selectors and whatnot)
- Improved Update of the Style Value, only re-prints edited area to code rather than the entire code. (This will throw off syntax highlighting)

To Do:
- Choose which stylsheets opened you want cascaded onto the webpage
- Load From Site on Toolstrip
- Sorting
- Color Conversion

One thing that I recognized while looking through that list you provided. This application and the Stylelizer are the only two that provide real-time editing (I was thinking of the real time color adjustment as well/width adjustment)

Also, most of those provided were code based editors. They had preview but the code was what needed to be edited to change it. Stylelizer and YaBBLite both share the fact that it has GUI rather than plain old code editing. Also, as far as I can tell, YaBBLite and Stylelizer are the only ones that give preview to any online website and can load css from that site.

Which makes me happy because I have all the features that the best editor on the list has (well, the major features anyways) 

In the last item - I was kidding a bit - You can't get every feature in an alpha product - you need more beta testers to do dumb stuff, LOL!

would you like me to recruit a few beta testers?  I have no idea how you feel, or what your plans are...

I sent you an email from my Yahoo account..

OK will do

I should ask this "out here" about how many folks are using this besides you and me, LOL?

I'm looking forward to your next release.  I have run into some issues but they are definitley advanced use issues. I'll write them up and capture the errors prolly Trursday