3.9.2.6. Editing HTML Code Directly

3.9.2.6.1. Clean up Messy Code

The button on your toolbar that looks like a small brush allows you to clean up "messy code". When you click this button, the editor reviews the HTML code for the page you are editing, and removes any obviously excess code.

If you have been making multiple formatting changes like changing font sizes, adding and removing bold, italics and other attributes, etc., you might want to use this feature to clean up the code and reduce the chances of your page displaying incorrectly on your website.

3.9.2.6.2. Toggle HTML code view

The Edit HTML Source Code button on your toolbar allows you to view and edit the underlying HTML code of your page.

If you are familiar with HTML, you may choose to use this feature to edit the source code of your page directly.

It can also be helpful to access the HTML code when images or text on your page are not behaving the way you expect them to, since this is usually caused by excess HTML code, or code that is placed incorrectly within the page.

If you are editing your page and a window that looks like the screen shot to the right opens unexpectedly, you have likely hit the Edit HTML Source Code button in error.

Click the button again to return to the standard WYSIWYG editing screen.

If you are unfamiliar with HTML, we do not recommend that you edit the HTML source code directly.