Exploring the HomeSite Workspace
HomeSite offers a highly customizable interface; you can set it up to suit your work style. Nearly all of the workspace elements are movable, so you can float panes and toolbars and dock them in new locations.
The main workspace areas are illustrated below.
Context menus
Right-click (or left-click, for you southpaws) in any of the areas shown above to open a context-sensitive command menu. When in doubt, right click!
The Resources Area
All the resources needed for development work in HomeSite are accessible from this area. Click F10 to toggle the display.
The tabs at the bottom of this pane control display for:
- Local Files -- The top pane displays the local and network directory structure, the bottom pane lists the files in the selected folder.
- Remote Files -- Add FTP and RDS servers for remote development work.
- Projects -- Create projects to store and manage application pages and supporting files.
- Site View -- Displays a graphic representation of links in the current document.
- Snippets -- Store code blocks for re-use. Snippets can be shared with other users.
- Help -- View ColdFusion documentation and other online resources. You can edit existing help files and add new HTML files.
- Tag Inspector -- The top pane displays the Tag Tree, a customizable view of document hierarchies. The bottom pane displays the Tag Inspector, which gives you an interactive "property sheets" mode for writing and editing tags.
You can toggle the Resources pane display (F10) and adjust the size of the panes by dragging their borders. Right-click on a Resources tab to select display options.
Editor pane
Click on a tab at the top of the pane to move among these modes:
- Edit -- Create new documents, write, edit, and test code.
- Browse -- View the current page in the internal browser.
- Design -- Dynamically work with page elements, such as text blocks, tables, forms, and images. Changes are reflected in the HTML code. Open the Options > Settings > Design tab to set the display.
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