NotePad++ preview plugin? I can't find it.
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I’m told I have to have a preview plug in so I can open my page in NotePad++ to see how it looks. I absolutely cannot find this plugin. I just downloaded NotePad, and I’m completely lost. I had tried to use CoffeeCupHTML but it was complete rip-off.
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@W-D-Smith said in NotePad++ preview plugin? I can't find it.:
I’m told I have to have a preview plug in so I can open my page in NotePad++ to see how it looks. I absolutely cannot find this plugin. I just downloaded NotePad, and I’m completely lost. I had tried to use CoffeeCupHTML but it was complete rip-off.
If you are trying to write an HTML page in Notepad++, you can use one of the options in View | View Current File In to see how it renders in your browser.
If you are looking for a rendering within Notepad++, you can get Preview HTML from the built-in Plugins Admin:
- Save any open files you want to keep.
- Select Plugins | Plugins Admin… from the main menu.
- Scroll down to Preview HTML and check the box to the left of that entry.
- Click the Install button near the top right of the dialog.
- Once Notepad++ restarts, open an HTML file and then access the menu for the plugin at Plugins | Preview HTML. (Check the first menu item to turn it on.)
I don’t use that plugin myself, so I can’t tell you much more about it, but no doubt others here can. It looks as if it exclusively uses Internet Explorer rendering, which is a bit out-of-date these days.
If you are looking for something that will let you edit directly in the rendered page, so that you edit how you want it to look and don’t concern yourself with HTML code/tags (what-you-see-is-what-you-get), that is not possible in Notepad++.
