Hi everybody,

I have been using my lovely wordpad and Dreamweaver for years to develop websites but for as I fell in love with css-based design, I have begun to use less and less functionalities of dreamweaver and I was wondering what you would recommend as an alternative software...

I have already found vu.com which seems to be very good but if someone has another suggestion, that would be cool.

Is there a way to stop TopStyle from changing the focus to the integrating browsers while you type your CSS? It's driving me nuts. That's the reason I stopped using it.

notepad++ is pretty good

I use TopStyle - I like that it has CSS reference.

you could always try topstyle lite out and see how you get on before switching to pro

Topstyle - its the best.

jEdit!

What about this one? I didn't like it. It's more wyiswyg for designers. Some might http://www.westciv.com/style_master/index.html

for mac I've used
http://www.skti.org/skEdit.php
http://smultron.sourceforge.net/
http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/index.shtml

This one looks pretty neat
http://www.macrabbit.com/cssedit/

Here's also a good list from css duscuss:
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CssEditors

If you're not looking for a WYSIWYG, but an editor, then I'd definitely recommend PSPad.

I use PSPad and it is very good and it is FREE.
You can download topstyle plugin too. check it ;)

I use cssedit on the mac. I really like the program, but it is priced a little high for what you get. Basically, I just use it for the auto-completion, and the quick visual reference when searching for tags.

Hi,

I have been testing the following software for the last two weeks:
- PSPad
- TopStyle
- StyleMaster
- Jedit

My conclusion is that Topstyle is the best software for CSS edition. It offers very efficient features in a well-organised work space. I really like the code colour display, the semi-assisted writing, the different panels, etc.

PSPad is my second choice because it is a light but cross-compatible code editor and it is running a light edition of topstyle.

The other software are not for me... I am not saying that they are bad but I did not find them really innovative and more efficient than the Topstyle.

So, thanks again to you all for your advices.


PS: Jedit, is somewhat cool but definitely not cute enough for me ;-)

I'm a big fan of jEdit, mainly becuase of the FTP plugin. It makes it plenty simple to open stuff straight off the server and save it back to there. It has some nice features (few of which are really specific to there, most can be found in other places too), but it's still a little crunchy in the looks department.

I've been trying out one of the EasyEclipse releases (I've got the LAMP one) with a subversion plugin for a few days now. It works pretty well for stuff but not sure I like the way it forces you to organize everyhting into projects to be able to do things (sometimes I just want to open a random file to adjust) so I'm keeping jEdit on reserve too.