CSS editor

[ivan.virtuale]

Hi,
please help me... What's the best css editor for Gnome?
With graphic preview inside (like TopStyle Pro in winzozz) ?
Ivan

[jayemef]

I'm a fan of Bluefish (http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html) for web development in general, including CSS. You might want to check out CSSed (http://cssed.sourceforge.net/) as well, but the last time I used it, it was still rather buggy.

Bluefish is available via apt:

$ sudo apt-get install bluefish
Not sure about CSSed, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is also.

[OneSeventeen]

My favorite CSS editor is the Web Developer (http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60) extension for firefox. You simply load the page, go to "Edit CSS" from the "CSS" menu on the Web Developer toolbar, and it pops open a sidebar with the CSS file, then you can edit it to your heart's content, with the page constantly updating in the viewer with your changes.

This is also great for dynamic pages, because you can load automagically generated pages, and edit the CSS based on the final output.

You do have to manually type all of the CSS, and it doesn't do code completion, but for being able to see the results instantaneously in a real-world browser I find it is worth it.

[abrari]

I don't know before that WebDeveloper add-on has an amazing feature like that.
Thanks.

[dabbish]

My favorite CSS editor is the Web Developer (http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60) extension for firefox. You simply load the page, go to "Edit CSS" from the "CSS" menu on the Web Developer toolbar, and it pops open a sidebar with the CSS file, then you can edit it to your heart's content, with the page constantly updating in the viewer with your changes.


Too bad it doesn't have any syntax highlighting. Pretty useless without that as an editor.

[JacksSmith]

BlueFish is the best editor for CSS. It is very easy to use.

[davidvandoren]

I find firebug to be very easy to use and useful.
It has auto complete.
You can open any page and select them by clicking on them then change the css and see the results instantaneously.

http://getfirebug.com/

[Enigmapond]

BlueFish is the best editor for CSS. It is very easy to use.
+1

And it will do what you are asking. Although, for CSS, Leafpad is also great but I always use Bluefish.

[holes88]

Bluefish is very good, but quanta is good too if you want a preview feature.:P

[juditk]

I tried to install quanta but it gave the folowing error in the Ubuntu Software Center

libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.8-b) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kfilereplace-kde3 (= 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu4) but 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
Depends: klinkstatus-kde3 (= 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu4) but 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
Depends: kommander-kde3 (= 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu4) but 4:3.5.10-0ubuntu4 is to be installed
Depends: tidy but it is not going to be installed

and in Synaptic:


Depends: kdelibs4c2a but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libqt3-mt (>=3:3.3.8-b) but it is not installable
Depends: kfilereplace-kde3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: klinkstatus-kde3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: kommander-kde3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: tidy but it is not installable
Recommends: cervisia but it is not installable
Recommends: kompare but it is not installable
Recommends: kxsldbg (=4:3.5.10-0ubuntu4) but it is not installable

I'm using Ubuntu 11.4.
Is quanta not available anymore? Or am I doing something wrong?
What confuses me is that it says "it is not going to be installed". Why? I don't know what I should do with that. :confused: