Indicating tag locations in the browser

[Harlan Messinger]

I have a strong suspicion this is impossible, but: What if I wanted to
create a mode for displaying a web page, with tiny, superimposed flags
indicating the locations of each opening and closing inline and block tag,
without the flags themselves disturbing the layout of the page's content?
Can that be done by adding any combination of additional markup or CSS to
the page (a) in theory or (b) in any of today's browsers?

How about if minimal disturbance were acceptable, on the order of what you
get if you temporarily turn borders on for all your tables so you can see
your page's layout?

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[Vigil]

Re: Indicating tag locations in the browser

Popular 'web developer' plugins for Mozilla/Firebird can let you do this.
Not sure about not disturbing the content, though, but worth a look.

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[Brian]

Re: Indicating tag locations in the browser

Harlan Messinger wrote:[color=blue]
> What if I wanted to create a mode for displaying a web page, with
> tiny, superimposed flags indicating the locations of each opening
> and closing inline and block tag, without the flags themselves
> disturbing the layout of the page's content? Can that be done by
> adding any combination of additional markup or CSS to the page (a)
> in theory or (b) in any of today's browsers?[/color]

Perhaps Opera is what you have in mind?

View > Style > View structural elements

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[Harlan Messinger]

Re: Indicating tag locations in the browser


"Vigil" <me@privacy.net > wrote in message
news:pan.2003.1 2.29.23.42.23.8 43555@privacy.n et...[color=blue]
> Popular 'web developer' plugins for Mozilla/Firebird can let you do this.
> Not sure about not disturbing the content, though, but worth a look.[/color]

I'll take a look, thanks.

[Harlan Messinger]

Re: Indicating tag locations in the browser


"Brian" <usenet2@juliet remblay.com.inv alid-remove-this-part> wrote in
message news:yL7Ib.6860 91$HS4.4876155@ attbi_s01...[color=blue]
> Harlan Messinger wrote:[color=green]
> > What if I wanted to create a mode for displaying a web page, with
> > tiny, superimposed flags indicating the locations of each opening
> > and closing inline and block tag, without the flags themselves
> > disturbing the layout of the page's content? Can that be done by
> > adding any combination of additional markup or CSS to the page (a)
> > in theory or (b) in any of today's browsers?[/color]
>
> Perhaps Opera is what you have in mind?
>
> View > Style > View structural elements[/color]

The "view structural elements" option is grayed out. Any idea why?

[PeterMcC]

Re: Indicating tag locations in the browser

Harlan Messinger wrote:[color=blue]
> "Brian" <usenet2@juliet remblay.com.inv alid-remove-this-part> wrote in
> message news:yL7Ib.6860 91$HS4.4876155@ attbi_s01...[color=green]
>> Harlan Messinger wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> What if I wanted to create a mode for displaying a web page, with
>>> tiny, superimposed flags indicating the locations of each opening
>>> and closing inline and block tag, without the flags themselves
>>> disturbing the layout of the page's content? Can that be done by
>>> adding any combination of additional markup or CSS to the page (a)
>>> in theory or (b) in any of today's browsers?[/color]
>>
>> Perhaps Opera is what you have in mind?
>>
>> View > Style > View structural elements[/color]
>
> The "view structural elements" option is grayed out. Any idea why?[/color]

Have you selected View > Style > User mode?

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[Neal]

Re: Indicating tag locations in the browser


"Harlan Messinger" <h.messinger@co mcast.net> wrote in message
news:bt40qb$31l 8j$1@ID-114100.news.uni-berlin.de...[color=blue]
> The "view structural elements" option is grayed out. Any idea why?
>[/color]

Chose User Mode, then the options will be available. Then when you toggle
between User and Author mode (Ctrl-G is handy), whatever you set for User
mode will stick.

[Rijk van Geijtenbeek]

Re: Indicating tag locations in the browser

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 10:03:53 -0500, Neal <neal@spamrcn.c om> wrote:
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>
> "Harlan Messinger" <h.messinger@co mcast.net> wrote in message
> news:bt40qb$31l 8j$1@ID-114100.news.uni-berlin.de...[color=green]
>> The "view structural elements" option is grayed out. Any idea why?
>>[/color]
>
> Chose User Mode, then the options will be available. Then when you toggle
> between User and Author mode (Ctrl-G is handy), whatever you set for User
> mode will stick.[/color]

Or enable 'My style sheet' in Author mode (File > Preferences > page
style). This will give access to all user styles in author mode.


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[Brian]

Re: Indicating tag locations in the browser

Neal wrote:[color=blue]
> "Harlan Messinger" <h.messinger@co mcast.net> wrote in message
> news:bt40qb$31l 8j$1@ID-114100.news.uni-berlin.de...
>[color=green]
>>The "view structural elements" option is grayed out. Any idea why?[/color]
>
> Chose User Mode, then the options will be available. Then when you toggle
> between User and Author mode (Ctrl-G is handy), whatever you set for User
> mode will stick.[/color]

It wft in author mode. O 7.23/Win2k. Perhaps this should be moved to
an Opera group?

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