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Change code selections

  1. In Code view, select some code and right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh).
  2. Select the Selection submenu, and select any of the following options:
    Collapse Selection
    Collapses the selected code.

    Collapse Outside Selection
    Collapses all of the code outside the selected code.

    Expand Selection
    Expands the selected code fragment.

    Collapse Full Tag
    Collapses the content between a set of opening and closing tags (for example, the content between <table> and </table>).

    Collapse Outside Full Tag
    Collapses the content outside a set of opening and closing tags (for example, the content outside <table> and </table>).

    Expand All
    Restores all collapsed code.

    Apply HTML Comment
    Wraps the selected code with <!-- and --!>, or opens a new tag if no code is selected.

    Apply /* */ Comment
    Wraps the selected CSS or JavaScript code with /* and */.

    Apply // Comment
    Inserts // at the beginning of each line of selected CSS or JavaScript code, or inserts a single // tag if no code is selected.

    Apply ' Comment
    Inserts a single quotation mark at the beginning of each line of a Visual Basic script, or inserts a single quotation mark at the insertion point if no code is selected.

    Apply Server Comment
    Wraps the selected code. When you are working in a ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, PHP, or ColdFusion file and you select the Apply Server Comment option, Dreamweaver automatically detects the correct comment tag and applies it to your selection.

    Apply Backslash-comment Hack
    Wraps the selected CSS code with comment tags that will cause Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh to ignore the code.

    Apply Caio Hack
    Wraps the selected CSS code with comment tags that will cause Netscape Navigator 4 to ignore the code.

    Remove Comment
    Removes comment tags from the selected code. If a selection includes nested comments, only the outer comment tags are removed.

    Remove Backslash-comment Hack
    Removes comment tags from the selected CSS code. If a selection includes nested comments, only the outer comment tags are removed.

    Remove Caio Hack
    Removes comment tags from the selected CSS code. If a selection includes nested comments, only the outer comment tags are removed

    Convert Tabs to Spaces
    Converts each tab in the selection to a number of spaces equal to the Tab Size value set in Code Format preferences. For more information, see Change the code format.

    Convert Spaces To Tabs
    Converts runs of spaces in the selection to tabs. Each run of spaces that has a number of spaces equal to the tab size is converted to one tab.

    Indent
    Indents the selection, shifting it to the right. For more information, see Indent code blocks.

    Outdent
    Shifts the selection to the left.

    Remove All Tags
    Removes all the tags in the selection.

    Convert Lines To Table
    Wraps the selection in a table tag with no attributes.

    Add Line Breaks
    Adds a br tag at the end of each line of the selection.

    Convert To Uppercase
    Converts all letters in the selection (including tag and attribute names and values) to uppercase.

    Convert To Lowercase
    Converts all letters in the selection (including tag and attribute names and values) to lowercase.

    Convert Tags To Uppercase
    Converts all tag and attribute names and attribute values in the selection to uppercase.

    Convert Tags To Lowercase
    Converts all tag and attribute names and attribute values in the selection to lowercase.