SubscribeHidden Delights Of 6.4
While the CSS improvements in the upcoming 6.4 release may take center stage, there are a number of neat little quality of life improvements that you might be interested in:
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are enabled for all items on the toolbar, even if they are not present in the menu or if there is no menu. This has been requested by clients a number of times. Sometimes space is extremely limited so you want to remove the menu bar entirely. Previously, this also disabled the keyboard shortcuts like control-B. With 6.4 adding items to the toolbar will also enable the keyboard shortcut.
Paragraphs In DIVs and Tables
We've improved the way content in DIVs and tables works when the user presses enter. Since the usual case for these elements is to have content directly inside them without any P tags, the editor inserted a BR tag when the user pressed enter. In 6.4 this has changed so that the existing content is wrapped in a P tag and a new empty paragraph tag is inserted. This makes the resulting content semantically correct and works a lot better when applying block styles or changing heading levels.
Navigation In Nested and Adjacent Elements
With previous versions of EditLive! it was difficult or impossible to position the caret between two adjacent tables or position it accurately in nested DIVs. With 6.4 you can simply position the caret in the nested DIV and press up or down. EditLive! will automatically create a space for the caret to fit in so you can start typing. If you just keep pressing up to go past there it will remove the space again automatically. It's a bit hard to explain but we think it works really well.
Improved File Dialogs On OS X
This is my personal favorite. The open and save dialogs on OS X have always been pretty ordinary but in 6.4 we've dramatically improved them so they work just like the native ones (in fact, they are the native ones). While having a more consistent UI is a big benefit on it's own, the native dialogs let you easily browse your iPhoto library to select local images.
Gridlines Around DIVs
EditLive! 6.4 adds a lot of support for DIVs and one of the enhancements is that we make the visible to users by displaying gridlines around them just like we do for tables. Of course, if you've been working with DIVs already you might find those gridlines just get in the way so we've provided a simple switch to turn them off. Just set the wysiwygEdior attribute “showSectionGridlines” to “false”.
And More…
For all the details, including the long list of bug fixes, the change log is available on the early access page where you can also download the latest build to try out.