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Set text properties in the Property inspector



You can use the text Property inspector to apply HTML formatting or Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) formatting. When you apply HTML formatting, Dreamweaver adds properties to the HTML code in the body of your page. When you apply CSS formatting, Dreamweaver writes properties to the head of the document or to a separate style sheet.

Note: When you create CSS inline styles, Dreamweaver adds style attribute code directly to the body of the page.

Edit CSS rules in the Property inspector

  1. Open the Property inspector (Window > Properties), if it isn’t already open and click the CSS button.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • Place the insertion point inside a block of text that’s been formatted by a rule you want to edit. The rule appears in the Targeted Rule pop-up menu.

    • Select a rule from the Targeted Rule pop-up menu.

  3. Make changes to the rule by using the various options in the CSS Property inspector.
    Targeted Rule
    Is the rule you are editing in the CSS Property inspector. When you have an existing style applied to text, the rule affecting the text’s format appears when you click inside the text on the page. You can also use the Targeted Rule pop-up menu to create new CSS rules, new in-line styles, or apply existing classes to selected text. If you’re creating a new rule, you’ll need to complete the New CSS Rule dialog box. For more information, see the links at the end of this topic.

    Edit Rule
    Opens the CSS Rule Definition dialog box for the targeted rule. If you select New CSS Rule from the Targeted Rule pop-up menu and click the Edit Rule button, Dreamweaver opens the New CSS Rule definition dialog box instead.

    CSS Panel
    Opens the CSS Styles panel and displays properties for the targeted rule in Current view.

    Font
    Changes the font of the targeted rule.

    Size
    Sets the font size for the targeted rule.

    Text Color
    Sets the selected color as the font color in the targeted rule. Select a web-safe color by clicking the color box, or enter a hexadecimal value (for example, #FF0000) in the adjacent text field.

    Bold
    Adds the bold property to the targeted rule.

    Italic
    Adds the italics property to the targeted rule.

    Left, Center, and Right Align
    Adds the respective alignment properties to the targeted rule.
    Note: The Font, Size, Text Color, Bold, Italic, and Alignment properties always display the properties for the rule that applies to the current selection in the Document window. When you change any of these properties, you affect the targeted rule.

For a video tutorial about working with the CSS Property inspector, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4041_dw.

Set HTML formatting in the Property inspector

  1. Open the Property inspector (Window > Properties), if it isn’t already open, and click the HTML button.
  2. Select the text you want to format.
  3. Set the options you want to apply to the selected text:
    Format
    Sets the paragraph style of the selected text. Paragraph applies the default format for a <p> tag, Heading 1 adds an H1 tag, and so on.

    ID
    Assigns an ID to your selection. The ID pop-up menu (if applicable) lists all of the document’s unused, declared IDs.

    Class
    Displays the class style that is currently applied to the selected text. If no styles have been applied to the selection, the pop‑up menu shows No CSS Style. If multiple styles have been applied to the selection, the menu is blank.

    Use the Style menu to do any of the following:

    • Select the style you want to apply to the selection.

    • Select None to remove the currently selected style.

    • Select Rename to rename the style.

    • Select Attach Style Sheet to open a dialog box that lets you attach an external style sheet to the page.

    Bold
    Applies either <b> or <strong> to the selected text according to the style preference set in the General category of the Preferences dialog box.

    Italic
    Applies either <i> or <em> to the selected text according to the style preference set in the General category of the Preferences dialog box.

    Unordered List
    Creates a bulleted list of the selected text. If no text is selected, a new bulleted list is started.

    Ordered List
    Creates a numbered list of the selected text. If no text is selected, a new numbered list is started.

    Indent and Outdent
    Indent or remove indentation from the selected text by applying or removing the blockquote tag. In a list, indenting creates a nested list and removing the indentation unnests the list.

    Link
    Creates a hypertext link of the selected text. Click the folder icon to browse to a file in your site; type the URL; drag the Point-To-File icon to a file in the Files panel; or drag a file from the Files panel into the box.

    Target
    Specifies the frame or window in which the linked document will load:

    • _blank loads the linked file in a new, unnamed browser window.

    • _parent loads the linked file in the parent frameset or window of the frame that contains the link. If the frame containing the link is not nested, the linked file loads into the full browser window.

    • _self loads the linked file in the same frame or window as the link. This target is implied, so you generally don’t need to specify it.

    • _top loads the linked file in the full browser window, thereby removing all frames.