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CSSEdit - 2.0

cascading style sheets (CSS) editor

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All Time:	(4.3)
Version 2.0:	(4.5)
Selected Version:	2.0
Release Date:	2006-11-06
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 2.0):	1,304
Downloads (all versions):	40,270
Price:	$24.99

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Product Description:

As the Internet expands, having a distinct style for your site becomes increasingly important. CSSEdit is a cascading style sheet editor that actually makes designing your site a joy.

Powerful previewing capabilities allow you to see your site evolve without having to open a browser. Intuitive visual editors allow you to change all styling attributes easily. A powerful source environment with intelligent auto-complete will seduce anyone who codes his CSS by hand.

The superior organizing capabilities in CSSEdit will make managing your style sheets much easier. Use groups, filter styles and much, much more...

There is a lot more, but the best way to find out how good this is, is to try it out!

What's new in this version:

Any site can be styled and previewed: blogs, dynamic Web Apps, Content Management Systems, anything — regardless of the backend technology (PHP, Ruby on Rails,…). Local HTML files of course work great as always
Override functionality lets you edit online style sheets and preview changes in real time, without reloading or attacking your server
X-ray shows margins, padding and positioning for selected elements
Style Sheets button shows all used style sheets and lets you edit them
Previewed HTML files automatically refresh when the file is saved
Much friendlier Preview management list
Validation
Handy inspector window validates your CSS with the W3C
Click on problems to go to the exact spot in your source code
Milestones
Save a copy of your style sheet while you're writing it and never lose work while debugging
Revert to a previous Milestone easily, fully Undo aware
Annotate saved Milestones to keep track of your progress
Browser Integration
Comes with a collection of bookmarklets (actions you can add to your browser's bookmarks bar) to tap into CSSEdit's functionality
Extract, preview and edit any site's style sheets with one click in your browser (works with everything: Safari, Firefox, Camino,…)
Extract From Site
More accurate and reliable extraction of style sheets
Improved and more focused interface
Source Editing
Source and Visual editors can now be open at the same time!
Un/Comment to quickly disable/enable parts of your code
CodeSense completion can now be explicitly requested by pressing escape or option-escape
More powerful and customizable Re-Indent options
Line numbers and marking of the current line (optional)
Several improvements to indentation and spacing preservation
Visual Editing
Editor groups can be collapsed/expanded independently, allowing you to open more than one at the same time
Units can now be selected by typing in their corresponding fields
More intuitive editors for a range of properties
Improved generation of shorthand property values
Rewritten Core
Speed! The new engine can handle huuuuuge style sheets
Streamlined group syntax and improved handling of nested groups
Robust Undo and Redo handling and increased stability

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 2.0:
Overall Rating:	(4.5)	Features:	(4.5)	Support:	(4.5)
Ease of Use:	(4.5)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(4.8)

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Nice but Dead - Version: 2.6, 6/4/2009 10:43AM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

damage00

I used to use this almost daily but it was one of those things I begrudged. It's like 90% there but the final few bugs that need fixing make it infuriating to use. For instance, after you save your work, you need to "override and edit" each CSS file in order to work in CSSEdit again. It's very much like closing and reopening CSSEdit after every save, which makes for an awkward workflow.

The developer hasn't released any updates since 2007 (shortly after my purchase) and doesn't respond to emails. I waited two months after emailing before posting this.

Frankly, I don't like the idea of someone who will take money then drop support for the product. S/he should start providing updates, make the code open source or give refunds.

Unfortunately, I have recommended CSSEdit in the past to people who bought it but I can't any longer and now suggest a text editor, like TextMate, which is what I use now.

Zero support - Version: 2.6, 3/24/2009 05:24PM PST

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

jamiek8

This app is nice eye candy but unless you are gifted with finely honed intuition, there is no support guide for this product.

Nor do the developers respond to requests for support.

I've downloaded and re-installed twice. The help button does not function.

I own 178 applications and this is the first time a developer has completely ignored my requests for contact.

Flawless - Version: 2.6, 11/5/2007 02:54PM PST

scott.bic

A few comments back, I noted that, while still very happy with this app, the only thing it was missing was the fact that changes made in another application would not be reflected in CSSEdit. Now it does, and I'm very pleased!

Excellent!

Note--I've never seen any CPU related issues as mentioned below. Currently running along side Dreamweaver CS3 and TextMate on OS 10.5 Intel.