CoffeeCup HTML Editor Changelog

What's new in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 17.0 Build 882

Apr 9, 2022

Color values are now colorized in the code editing window.
Color Dialog Improvements
Editor Highlighting Options Improvements
Miscellaneous Changes:
Javascript files (*.js) now have a syntax highlighter.
CSS files can now have the default background and foreground colors modified. (You may have to reset your current settings for CSS files)
Check for updates now occurs sooner in the start sequence.
Preferences, Folders Tab: Folder paths now have a menu when right-clicked. Options: Open in Windows Explorer, Copy to clipboard.
When Opening a file, it is now checked for the Read Only attribute. If found, the user will be asked if they want to try to remove it.
File, New From Template/Layout… shortcut is now Ctrl+Alt+N, was Ctrl+T conflict with Insert Target.
Double Clicking a hex value such as #00FF00 will now also select the starting # symbol.

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 17.0 Build 876 (Feb 25, 2022)

Large Toolbars:
Added Show Large Toolbar, Edit Toolbar Preferences, menus to the Tools menu submenu and toolbars. We also added a large toolbar option to Preferences, customization tab. Plus, there is a Show Large Toolbar button at the far right end of the toolbar.
Quick Find Panel:
Edit menu, Quick Find Panel (Ctrl+Alt+F) will show the Quick Find Panel. This feature will search the current document. The Quick Find Panel also features the ability to use Regular Expressions to search the document. This feature also includes Match Case and Match Whole Word options.
Customized Toolbar Changes:
Saved toolbar configurations are now displayed better in the Tools menu, Toolbars and Menus submenu. Current toolbar is now indicated with a checkbox.
External Preview Browsers:
The Browser Testing tab in the Preferences dialog now includes an Automatically detect installed browsers button. After pressing this button you will be presented with a list of browsers detected and you can choose which ones to add. This list is gathered from the Windows Installed Browsers registry entry.
Side/Bottom Preview Toggle:
There is now a Toggle Preview side/bottom menu item under the view menu (Ctrl+F12). This feature was previously added for testing, but there was not a menu item for it.
Misc Changes:
Paste Content as Table under the Edit menu now determines table columns based on tab characters in the (plain text) clipboard content.
Paste Lines as Paragraphs under the Edit menu now pastes each line from the clipboard as a paragraph tag.
Set Bookmark menu items under the Document menu now indicate already assigned bookmarks (book with an arrow on it).
Added Jump to Start Tag and Jump to End Tag menus to the View menu.</li>
Authentication Error/details dialog now has a "Show Log" option.
More detailed Authentication log entries.
Markdown file types are now shown in the File Types in the File Save/Save As dialog.
Markup Folder structure is now extracted when missing.
In the Preferences dialog, Use Other Account now prompts for email/password before replacing previous credentials.
Assigned Ctrl+T to New From Template.
If you hold down the CTRL key when clicking a recent file in the menu or toolbar, it will be removed from the list.
If you Save a toolbar, we now automatically turn on the "Save toolbar and menu configuration on exit" option located in Preferences->Customization tab.
Fixes:
Tag Start/End highlighting would find matching start/end tags in HTML comments.
Fixed Index out of bounds error if the tips.dat file is missing (in the tips dialog).
Typing in CSS file could cause a hang under certain circumstances.
Replaced Split-screen preview icon with one that doesn't have an edit pencil on it.
Template Downloader list improvements when searching for templates.

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 17.0 Build 865 (Jul 11, 2021)

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 15.4 Build 801 (Jun 8, 2017)

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 14.1 Build 741 (Oct 14, 2014)

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 14.0 Build 722 (Dec 19, 2013)

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 12.9 Build 713 (Oct 23, 2013)

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 12.8 Build 690 (May 9, 2013)

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 12 Build 373 (Jun 18, 2011)

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2009 Build 302 (Aug 15, 2009)

Fixed: Update autocorrect.adu file.
Fixed: Add a folder called "My Themes" to the Themes folder.
Fixed: Quick-Find Previous and Next does not work. Also improved the "find as you type" so that it matches the current selection and not just jump to the next match.
Fixed: Updated default sample Website Project.
Fixed: Delete key on Website Projects Server tab does not work.
Fixed: Spell Checker options not being saved properly.
Fixed: Changed "The Spelling check is complete" to "Spell checking is complete."
Fixed: Document Properties active link color shows incorrectly in the small Preview window.
Fixed: Add Euro to the characters tab AND added column sorting.
Fixed: Changes to the About dialog.
Fixed: Add additional languages for the spell checker. Added Spell Checker Options menu to Tools menu.
Fixed: When opening a saved JavaScript, quotations are being replaced with the HTML entity.
Fixed: Problems using the remote root folder option under Website Projects.
Fixed: Problems with saving snippets.
Fixed: Modification to all XHTML DOCTYPES.
Fixed: Added trial days to backsplash.
Fixed: Tooltip for bold, italics, and font is incorrect.
Fixed: Update trial version yellow banner nags. (Actual trial period change to 28 days).
Fixed: Add additional themes to the full version.
Fixed: Free Editor : Enable Website Projects.
Fixed: Free Editor: Enable Themes.
Fixed: Free Editor: Disable CSS Menu Designer.
Added: Editor 2009 Help File.
Fixed: Validate HTML function.
Fixed: Comment out "Use Arrows" in the CSS Menu Designer.
Fixed: Tooltip for bold, italics, and font is incorrect.
Fixed: Modify code produced by the New From Blank Page function ONLY when the Preferences Initial document type is XHTML 1.0 Transitional, THEN it inserts the xmlns attribute in the HTML tag.
Fixed: Remove edit option when right-clicking on an image.
Fixed: Completely new backsplash dialog.
Fixed: Add new Welcome dialog - more changes.
Fixed: Question marks appear in the time/date tooltip for a file on the My Computer tab.
Fixed: Change HTML code inserted by the Quick Start Wizard for XHTML 1.0 transitional.
Fixed: Validate HTML function.
Fixed: HTML code getting changed when reopening a document.
Fixed: CSS Menu Designer needs to have a hard limit of 3 subitems.
Fixed: Free Editor: Accessing the preferences brings up Not Available in This Version dialog.
Fixed: Error creating a document from the Quick Start dialog.
Fixed: Free Editor: Visual tab is missing.
Fixed: Free Editor: Change button text to say OK instead of Cancel.
Fixed: Free Editor: Themes are missing.
Fixed: Update trial version yellow banner nags.
Fixed: Comment out "Use Arrows" in the CSS Menu Designer
Fixed: Add ability to see .png images in the Table Designer Insert Image menu.
Changed: Visual Editor Tab: Replaced the far right color toolbar button with Font Color button.
Fixed: Add src attribute to the Insert Image form item.
Changed: Hid the CSS Menu Designer Move Up and Move Down buttons.
Fixed: Change the tooltip for the HTML tags icon.
Changed: Changed leftmost Website Projects tab toolbar button tooltip to "Website Projects".
Fixed: Change more menu items around.
Fixed: CSS Menu Designer: Move Node Down has problem.
Fixed: Link in Help menu.
Fixed: Changes to the way themes and Website Project files work together.
Fixed: Search for undocumented characters problems.
Fixed: Line numbers and word wrap settings are off.
Fixed: Rename Website Projects to All Website Projects.
Fixed: Bold and italic tags.
Changed: Closing Website Project did not re-root the project tree at the Website Project folder.
Fixed: cSS and DOCTYPe typos in tips.dat file.
Fixed: Remove Save As Theme from the File menu.
Fixed: Change text on Copy Theme Files dialog.
Fixed: Change title text on the Print Preview dialog.
Fixed: Changes to the CSS Menu Designer options.
Fixed: Changes to the Format menu available tag options.
Fixed: Updated default sample Website Project.
Fixed: Website Projects combo scroll problem.
Fixed: Changes to the way themes and Website Projects files work.
Fixed: CSS Menu Designer update, changed all kinds of stuff.
Fixed: Restrict CSS Menu Designer to 3 submenu levels.
Fixed: (Line numbers and word wrap settings are off) REQUIRES TESTING.
Fixed: (Access violation using New From Blank Page from Welcome to Editor dialog) REQUIRES TESTING.
Fixed: What's a Website Project is still being automatically opened on a clean install.
Fixed: Error trying to upload a folder from the My Computer tab.
Fixed: Opening multiple files at once under My Websites tab.
Fixed: PHP tags are converted to the HTML equivalent.
Fixed: Title tag crash.
Fixed: Open What's a Website Project Anyway in default browser.
Fixed: Upload file to server from the My Computers tab is no longer working.
Fixed: Remove sound file.
Fixed: Rename Printer Setup to Page Setup.
Fixed: Add nbsp to Format menu.
Fixed: Do not automatically open the What's a Website Project file.
Fixed: Add File browse button to open a Website Project dialog.
Fixed: Find Results splitter problems.
Fixed: New Preference combo box allows text to be entered in it.
Fixed: Add File Type combo box to the bottom of the My Websites tab.
Fixed: Upload pages to the W3C validator instead of just launching a browser.
Fixed: No prompt to save open document when closing software.
Fixed: My Computer tab buttons old style. ALSO changed Snippets and Tags tabs to a real toolbar (looks different on XP). View menu now indicates the current tags loaded.
Added: Shortcut for New Blank Page to Ctrl+N, shortcut for Welcome dialog to Shift+Ctrl+N.
Fixed: Changes to default options in the CSS Menu Designer.
Fixed: Added new toolbar icon for non-breaking space NEED IMAGE.
Fixed: Removed directory browser from My Websites tab.
Fixed: Turn My Computer tab back on.
Fixed: Add ability to unconfigure a server under Website Project Settings.
Fixed: Move the file delimiter drop-down to the bottom of the window pane.
Fixed: Updated default sample Website Project.
Fixed: Unable to use Delete key when removing a code snippet.
Fixed: DHTML Menu Designer: name bug.
Fixed: DHTML Menu Designer: Mouseover background color doesn't show in color sample.
Fixed: CSS Menu Designer new feature.
Fixed: Allow extended find results area to be resized.
Fixed: Add My Computer to the View menu.
Fixed: Change location of Recent Files under File menu.
Fixed: Welcome dialog.
Fixed: Upload pages to the W3C Validator instead of just launching a browser.
Fixed: Add new preference to select default tab.
Fixed: Copyright symbol problem.
Fixed: Find and replace slow. Change code to replace the text of the document instead of working on the Edit control (selecting and replacing text).
Fixed: Reduce size of alert box when inserting a CSS menu.
Fixed: DHTML Menu Builder - New CSS file.
Fixed: DHTML Menu Builder code.
Fixed: Open From Web needs to also open CSS files.
Fixed: File types in File Open dialog.
Fixed: Text changes: Select Copy Theme Mode window.
Fixed: Project FTP upload logging by default.
Fixed: Welcome Dialog changes.
Fixed: File properties dialogs for Website Project files.
Fixed: Website Project tree available when Website Project closed.
Fixed: Website Project Trees selected nodes look unselected on context menu action.
Fixed: Cancel button on File Upload dialog does not work.
Fixed: Default Website Project.
Fixed: List box, combo box, and radio button group help URLs.
Fixed: Form Insert help URL.
Fixed: Open From Web help URL.
Fixed: Insert Target URL.
Added: Preferences Option for "Show welcome dialog".
Fixed: Create folder on remote server.
Fixed: Select folder dialog create button location.
Fixed: Add Welcome dialog.
Fixed: Projects Local tab allows duplicate folder names.
Fixed: Inserting items into an open project does not refresh automatically.
Fixed: Remove Project combo and Change Editor caption.
Fixed: Project folder does not refresh after CSS menu designer.
Fixed: Rename DHTML Menu Designer.
Changed: Removed "Select Website Project Creation Mode" dialog when selecting New Website Project.
Fixed: Upload dialog filename needs to be truncated.
Fixed: Removed Strong and Emphasis, replace with Bold and Italic.
Fixed: Document creation meta info.
Fixed: Temp files show in Website Project tree.
Fixed: Project Files show in Website Project tree.
Fixed: Copy to Website Project prompt.
Fixed: Free Editor changes.
Fixed: 205 and 198 Preferences dialog "Website Project."
Fixed: Main UI, Website Project menu changes.
Fixed: Project Name label removed.
Fixed: Confirm Copy Website Project.
Fixed: Rename the 2 tabs under Website Projects.
Fixed: Rename Projects Tab to My Websites.
Fixed: Change "Projects Tab" to "My Websites Tab."
Fixed: Remove Remote tab configuration when a project is deleted.
Fixed: Text changes to the Create New Project dialog box.
Fixed: Project Settings dialog.
Fixed: Project Settings dialog.
Fixed: Upload selected project files = Upload selected files.
Fixed: Unselecting files from Remote tab > Projects.
Fixed: Project FTP tab overwrite prompt on download.
Fixed: By removing DHTMLWindowDesigner as requested.
Fixed: Typos: Code and Visual Editor toolbars.
Fixed: Delete key does not work when multiple folders are selected.
Fixed: Projects: FTP download problem, build 168.
Fixed: Themes: Implement copying themes to Project.
Fixed: Change Table Designer menu images.
Fixed: Quick Start dialog changes.
Fixed: AV on Project Remote tab.
Fixed: Project appears empty after moving.
Changed: Projects tab is now the default first tab in Resource browser.
Added: "Minimize Resource Browser" button above Resource Browser tabs.
Fixed: Resource Browser mode and size are now remembered between sessions.
Changed: Preferences: Removed Resource browser settings.
Fixed: Preferences: Removed upload options (compress on upload), renamed tab to "Browser Testing."
Changed: Preferences "Force a file save before switching to Visual Editor" is now unchecked by default (on new install).
Changed: Going to the Remote tab now prompts the user that there is no FTP server specified.
Changed: Removed Project Add Files/Folder, Hide Folders, Remove Files, etc. from menus.
Changed: Projects "Show FTP Log" now opens log as a document in the Code Editor tab/mode.
Changed: Projects FTP log now clears on project close.
Changed: Removed project Combo.
Added: Recent Projects to Project toobar drop-down.
Changed: Project tree is now file-system based.
Changed: Server Configuration dialog (Edit Server) now includes a Browse for Folder button.
Changed: Several HTML preview components would not preview images via file://. (Image dialog, Quick Start, Quick Preview/Preview, etc.)
Changed: Install was set to AsInvoker instead of RequireAdministrator.
Changed: Removed "Get the CoffeeCup HTML Editor & $600 off software..." from annoyance banner.
Fixed: Meta tag inserts incorrectly.
Fixed: Search and Replace bug.
Changed: Replaced annoyance texts.
Changed: FTP now downloads as binary (550 error).
Fixed: FTP not connecting to sites with a different project name than the FTP profile name.
Changed: Project FTP should now reconnect after Project Edit settings.
Changed: Project FTP tree should now only allow editable file types to be dragged and dropped.
Changed: Project FTP tree double-click now opens file just like drag and drop.
Changed: Project FTP tree now has a context menu.
Changed: Project FTP files opened for editing now save back to the server.
Changed: Project toolbar drop-down menu had enabled items after a project was closed.
Changed: Project FTP Tree will now connect if the project is opened when the Remote tab is active.

New in CoffeeCup HTML Editor 2007 10.0.0.211 (Apr 24, 2008)

ADDED: Added mdash to the special characters list.
ADDED: Preferences Dialog: Added "Use Code Completion" option to General Tab.
ADDED: Preferences Dialog: Added "Auto Close Code Completion Tags" option.
ADDED: Code Completion feature for Auto Close Tags.
ADDED: CSS Code completion.
ADDED: Document Properties dialog now has charset option during coder mode.
ADDED: Quick Start Dialog now has a charset Tab. Charsets are in CharSets.dat. If that file is missing from the root of the app install, a default list will be added via code. By Default both the file and code charsets are the same.
ADDED: Added Menu item View > CSS Tags Tab.
ADDED: Tags Tab, added CSS Tags Button.
ADDED: Code completion for HTML is now enabled.
ADDED: Preferences Dialog: Browsing for an Additional Browser (Testing & Uploading Tab) or a custom application (Applications Tab) now fills in the application description (if blank) with the description in the exe file version info if present, otherwise it fills it with the exe filename.
ADDED: Tools menu and Test Dropdown toolbar item in Code Editor and Visual Editor now display the Favorite Browsers Icon.
ADDED: Tools > Applications Popup menu and Main toolbar Applications dropdown menu now display the applications icon.
ADDED: Preferences Dialog: Added "Show Rulers in Visual Editor" option to General tab.
ADDED: Added QuickLaunch and Desktop Icon options to Finish Step of Install.
ADDED: Added Copy, Cut, Paste, Delete, Rename, New Folder, to the Files Tab Files Listview context menu.
ADDED: Tag help in status bar for selected HTML Tag in Tag List Tab.
ADDED: Tags Tab buttons now stay in a down state to indicate which items are loaded.
ADDED: Adding or copying Files to a project now has a progress dialog if a folder is being recursed.
ADDED: Underline button to code editor and Visual Editor toolbars.
ADDED: Upload to server now outputs a log file to the editor folder called "ftp.log".
ADDED: Key combination (CTRL TAB) to switch between open files Also CTRL SHIFT TAB.
ADDED: Added @ to special characters list.
and many more