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How can I edit html source locally using the firefox browser?

luisgutierrez
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How can I edit locally the html source of my web pages without having to change the file type from html to text and back to html?

How can I edit locally the html source of my web pages without having to change the file type from html to text and back to html?

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cor-el
cor-el
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Do you download and save the file to edit the file or do you have a local copy?

What editor are you using to make the edits?

Can't this editor handle HTML files?

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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If you are using Windows' Notepad application as your editor, consider switching to the free, open source program Notepad++. It has syntax highlighting so that it will be much easier to distinguish tags from content, and it also helps with seeing typos in scripts.

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Now... your default browser will still launch .html files if you double-click them, but you can right-click the file an "Edit with Notepad++" should be an option.

(To get around to your original question, Firefox does not make a good file editor.)