View 'Real' Source

[PaulGrimshaw]

Hi,

I would like to be able to view the source of the page I am editing. To be specific, If I could right click the code screen and press View Source (like IE/FF) and then actinic would create the source as it would be uploaded so all Blocks Ifs, variables etc are all exactly as would be uploaded.

This would be useful to see the exact code that is created and find problems easier.

Paul.

[wjcampbe]

Errmm - is this not what the preview in browser option allows you to do?

[PaulGrimshaw]

Yeah, but its an extra step. If I want to see the code as is I need to preview it and then click view source. It saves a step doing it directly.

[wjcampbe]

But the step you want to save is the one that generates the 'real' source....

[jont]

The real beauty would to be able to edit the source code in real time and Actinic convert it back to the <block> etc tags ... Chris Dicken stars in Mission Impossible 4.

As Bill points out previewing in the actual browser is the safest option for debugging just in case Actiic preview is throwing anything else into the mix

[PaulGrimshaw]

But the step you want to save is the one that generates the 'real' source....

not really, if its in the design screen then its already created...

Paul.

[leehack]

To view source in a browser you have to click and open the browser, then right click and select to view source.

With actinic, you click on preview, then right click and view source.

Wheres the saved click?

Are you meaning that actinic should be a browser like piece of software and not a software package for designing ecommerce websites?

[PaulGrimshaw]

I have not mentioned previews or opening browsers in my request - that was everyone else. I specifcially asked that if I could right-click the code and see the actual code that is being produced for that page.

The code is made anyway each time you click apply as it has to make it for the DesignPreview html. All I am asking is that a quick link directly to that code would be useful to me.

Paul.

[cdicken]

Thanks for the input Paul. I have passed on the suggestion to the development team.