Tip #24: Did you know…You could display CSS/HTML errors as warnings or as errors?

WebDevTools — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:22:25 GMT

VS 2008 has this cool feature of downgrading any CSS/HTML errors to warnings. This is helpful when you want to separate out validation errors and are looking for what is actually stopping your build.

In VS 2008 the default behavior is to display any HTML/CSS errors as warnings as shown in the picture below. Note that warnings have a green squiggle.

The settings for this feature is available under Tools –>Options –>Text Editor –>HTML->Validation as shown below.

If you still want your CSS/HTML errors to show up as errors you can uncheck the as warnings (HTML, CSS) check box. By doing this, VS will display it as errors as shown below. Note that error have a red squiggle as shown below.

Reshmi Mangalore

SDET, Visual Web Developer

Tip #23: Did you know…How to launch Formatting options dialog for editor with 2 clicks?

WebDevTools — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:12:23 GMT

Normally we use Tools->Options->Text Editor->HTML->Format to launch the Formatting Options dialog shown below:

You can also launch the above dialog from the editor surface with just 2 clicks. On the editor surface, right-click and choose 'Formatting and Validation' from the context menu.

Voila! You get the Formatting Options dialog shown above.

Ranjini

SDET | Visual Web Developer Team

Tips & Tricks for ASP.NET, IIS, and Visual Web Developer : Validation

Tip #24: Did you know…You could display CSS/HTML errors as warnings or as errors?

Tip #23: Did you know…How to launch Formatting options dialog for editor with 2 clicks?