HTML Editors

PSPad editor is a programmers editor with support for multiple syntax highlighting profiles. It comes with a hex editor, CP conversion, text differences, templates, macros, spellcheck option, auto-completion, Code Explorer and much more. The program is pre-configured for the most popular programming languages (VB, C++, SQL, PHP, ASP, Python etc.) and you can further customize the syntax settings. PSPad includes several additional tools that are especially useful for HTML editing (compress, format code) and also integrates TopStyle Lite and TidyHTML. The program can be used as IDE for any compiler. Additional features include support for project, file browsing, custom shortcuts, built-in FTP client to edit files on the server and much more.

Dynamic HTML Editor (Free) is a WYSIWYG HTML editor that takes advantage of the absolute positioning techniques of CSS 1 (style sheets). It allows you to design web pages by simply dragging elements into place. You can also take advantage of advanced CSS features like overlapping images and other techniques that are not possible with plain HTML. CSS is supported by all major browsers, so your web page will look the same to every visitor. Dynamic HTML Editor (Free) can be used to create HTML, ASP, PHP, CFM, JSP, XML pages and also provides an option to insert code elements if needed. You can import images, associate events to part of labels, pictures, input fields and more. Great for beginners to design a web page, but also very handy for established webmaster that want to generate CSS based page layouts.

Beerwin`s PlainHTML is a HTML and code editor that supports syntax highlighting, code templates, browser preview, CGI/PHP/HTML reference, table layout designer, shortcuts to common HTML tags and more. The program also include several additional tools for picking colors, creating navigation bars, keeping notes, stripping tags and other functions. Other features include customizable toolbars and links to external tools, HTML validation, integrated update checker and more.

AEdiX Suite is a coding and editing suite, especially designed for web developers. It offers syntax highlighting for 24 different language (HTML, PHP, ASP, C, C++, Pascal, java, JavaScript, perl, VBScript, SQL, ASM, Sphere script), script based template support as well as integration with HTML Tidy to verify your code. The editor supports unlimited file size and offers a clean, easy to use interface. Additional features include a built-in FTP client, search/replace functions an an included hex editor. AEdiX Suite is designed for developers that know what they're doing. It does not contain any wizards or many bells and whistles - just provides a nice clean, uncluttered editing environment.

MAX`s HTML Beauty++ 2004 is an advanced HTML editor with customizable syntax highlightning, drag & drop editing, right-click tag editing, template support, spelling & grammar check and more... It offers various tag designer dialogs for almost every HTML tag, quick access to frequently used HTML tags, and a built-in image viewer and GIF optimizer. Additional features include built-in Java scripts (rollovers, DHTML menus, slideshows, etc.), support for HTML TIDY, internal browser preview, full-screen editing, resource panel and much more.

Besides standard functions you would expect from any HTML editor, Stone`s WebWriter includes a lot of advanced features to build and maintain small as well as large websites. It offers a nice and professional interface with project support, a file browser, script library, sitemap view and more. Among the many features are customizable syntax coloring, tag sensitive right click action, search and replace engine and more. Stone`s WebWriter also includes a Style Sheet editor and an Image Map editor as well as a built in FTP uploader and a basixc HTML syntax checker. This is one of the nicest free HTML editors you can find - loaded with features and very professional.

Arachnophilia is a HTML editor (written in JAVA) with an internal browser "Instant View" mode shows your HTML changes as you make them with each keystroke! It supports up to 6 Web browsers, switches between them in a flash. Arachnophilia offers development of HTML, frames, CGI, Perl, C++, Java and Javascript with many intelligent tools and functions, as well as a built-in intelligent FTP client, that automatically uploads changed files to your server. In addition, it offers powerful keyboard macros, that can include system commands, even other macros, for maximum flexibility. User-defined toolbars provide any tags or content you need for any of the supported languages and support system commands as well.

Alleycode HTML is a unique HTML editor with many features and two way synchronized code/design view (Synchro View). The Synchro View enables you to see the HTML page in a browser preview, while writing the code, and also click on any element in the rendered page, and have the cursor jump to the corresponding code section. Alleycode also comes with customizable syntax highlighting, CSS style sheet wizard and most other common editor features, as well as a meta tag optimizer and support for PHP code. Other features include a Turf view (full screen) as well as project support.

Matrix Y2K is a code based HTML editor for novice and advanced users. It offers all common features like quick access to commonly used tags, multi-document interface, syntax highlighting, search/replace and more. It also offers a unique "Code Inside" feature which allows you to create a library of scripts which can be accessed in the editor by keywords and pressing of a hotkey. Matrix Y2K comes with an internal preview that can use the Mozilla or IE engine, as well as external browser preview and PHP parsing. Additional features include an image file browser, table wizard, HTML Tidy, a Tag Library and a few ready to insert Java scripts. The program comes well documented.

Selida is a highly flexible HTML editor that offers a lot of dialogs helping you to write code, insert images, hyperlink and more. It provides a real time browser preview that allows you to see the actual (IE based) browser display while you are writing your HTML code. When the tag you want comes up, simply click space. In addition it supports automatic tag completion, multicolor syntax highlighting and an optional WYSIWYG interface. Furthermore it offers support for ASP code, Java, VB and plain text and comes with additional tools like code cleanup, code compression, error checking as well as a spellchecker. You can also define custom macros for quick tag or code insertion and view your page in different browsers.

BlockNote for the Net is an easy to use WYSIWYG HTML editor. It offers an easy to understand interface without clutter and confusing options. You can create a web page similar to creating a document in your word processor - just type the text, select fonts from a drop menu, apply formatting styles and more. You can also insert images and even paste rich text sections while maintaining the original formatting. BlockNote includes helper dialogs to create tables, insert URLs and more. The program contains enough HTML features to create a basic web page without confusing the user with too many complicated dialogs and features that he may not need. The finished web page can be sent by email or exported as PDF or MHT Web Archive document. Great for beginners, but not of much use for an established webmaster.

MEdit is a multipurpose editor that can be used to edit local files as well as remote files via FTP. It comes pre-configured with syntax highlighting for many languages, including PHP, Java, HTML, SQL and more. You can create multiple FTP profiles, allowing you to quickly connect to a server in order to edit files. MEdit ofers a multi-document interface, so you can edit more than one file at the same time, and switch between them using the tabs. Additional features include support for bookmarks as well as search and replace.

Araneae supports multiple documents open at once which you can easily access through the tabs at the bottom of the screen. With helpful tools such as syntax highlighting, a colour picker, drag and drop image insertions, date insertion, and multiple browser support, Araneae can significantly reduce the amount of time you spend coding your HTML pages

Hypertext Builder is an XHTML editor that combines visual capabilities with powerful coding tools. Visual tools are provided for creating lists, tables, frames, formatted paragraphs, and image maps. Other features include popup references for tags, attributes, ASP, PHP4, and database schema as well as XHTML color-coding and more. The XHTML language references are imported directly from document type definitions provided by the W3C. Hypertext Builder also supports Open eBook, SMIL 1.0, SVG 1.0, WML 1.3, X3D, XML Schema 1.0 and others. Database schemas can be imported from SQL Server, Access, MySQL, and Oracle via ODBC connections. The program comes with several built-in utilities including a thumbnail browser, a color-picker, multi-resolution preview, and a font browser.