Lesson 2.3: Viewing the HTML

If You Like to Hand-Tweak

If you would like to insert some HTML by hand or are just curious to see what the HTML for you site looks like, Dreamweaver 4 allows many ways for you to view and edit your HTML.

The Launcher Toolbar

On the bottom on your Dreamweaver window, there are little icons (called the Launcher Toolbar), the one on the very right being the view HTML button (also known as the Code Inspector). Click on it and the HTML window will open. To close the HTML window, simply click the X button on the top right corner.

More Ways to View Your HTML

The Launcher Toolbar will bring up your HTML in a separate window. The icons on the top of your Dreamweaver window offer two more ways to view your code.

• The first button (<>) replaces your current window with the HTML viewer (rather than bringing up the HTML viewer in a separate window).
• The second button splits your current window into two, showing both the design view and the HTML view.
• The third button is the default one and shows only the design view (most likely your current view).