Editor - general

The Create tab contains the Spider's basic tool - its page editor. This is where the website is created. This is where we get all the effects with the right tools.

The Create tab is located in the middle pane , which you cannot disable. By default, this is what is turned on, and new documents will also be opened in it.

Editor mode selection

Spider allows you to work on an HTML document in two modes

Documents of other types (e.g. scripts, CSS style sheets, etc.) in source code editing mode only.

Most of the work in Spider will be done in source code mode. In this mode, you can edit other types of documents (e.g. scripts, CSS style sheets, etc.). The visual mode is designed to work only on HTML document and is rather for novice users of the program.

Once you get into some practice, you will use the menus and toolbars less often, as most of the operations can be performed with hotkeys. You can customize these shortcuts in the Program Settings window

Opening, saving and closing documents

New document

You can create a new document in several ways:

To quickly create a new document, use the keyboard shortcut:
  • Ctrl+N - (new empty document)
  • Ctrl+Shift+N - the document will be created from the default template

A new document can be opened in source code editing , or in graphical mode , depending on the option selected in Program Settings .

Opening documents

You can also open the document in several ways:

Save documents
You can save documents:

In addition, you can export documents to HTML or RTF format using the command in the Main Menu / File Export. Exporting involves saving the document in such a way that the layout and syntax coloring in the Spider editor are represented. This greatly helps in preparing code listings for printing, etc.

Two additional files are created when the document is saved:

Switching between documents

In Spider you can open practically any number of documents. Of course opening for example 1000 files will slow down the program, but theoretically it is possible.

Names of currently opened documents are presented on buttons at the top of the editor (they can be moved to the bottom by changing this option in Program Settings. By clicking on the buttons you can switch between documents. If you hold the cursor over the button with the document name, a balloon will appear with the full path to the document.

To the right of the document name there is an icon with a ball whose appearance means:
  • - The document has not been changed since the last save or since it was opened in the editor.
  • - The document has not been changed since the last save or since it was opened in the editor. The arrow means that the document is open for editing directly from the server.
  • - Changes have been made to the document since the last save, or since it was opened in the editor.
  • - Changes have been made to the document since it was last saved, or since it was opened in the editor. An arrow indicates that the document is open for editing directly from the server.

If you open multiple documents, switching between them (especially if their buttons are not next to each other) may be inefficient. In this case, you can use the Go to Selected Document command on the editor's mini bar. This command will expand the list with names of all documents opened in Spider. Right-clicking on any of the document name buttons has the same effect.

In the drop-down list with file names, you can also specify how to name your documents, as well as close the current document or change the order of open documents. To do this, click one of the items:

  • Close this document - closes the document whose name you clicked on, displaying a drop-down list. In addition, this command contains a submenu that includes the commands Close all documents and Close all but this document.
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  • New document - creates a new empty document. Additionally, this command has a submenu identical to the analogous command in the File menu.
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  • Publish current to web - allows you to publish the current document to the web. Read more about the advanced capabilities of this command .
    • Additionally, the "Publish open in web" command is available in the submenu.
  • [here is a list of open documents].
  • Display file names only - displays only the file name (path + name in the list)
  • Display path relative to project - display path relative to site root + filename
  • Display title (if available) - displays the title of the HTML document (the contents of the )
  • Reorder documents - opens a window displaying a list of open documents, their titles and paths. Simply point to a document and move it up or down in order using the arrows next to it. This command is active only when at least two documents are open.

You can also use the commands on the editor's mini bar to quickly switch between documents:

  • Display first document - goes to the first document in the list of documents opened in Spider
  • Show previous document - goes to previous document on the list (default shortcut Shift+Ctrl+Tab)
  • Display next document - goes to the next document on the list (default shortcut Ctrl+Tab)
  • View last document - goes to the last document in the list opened in Spider

You can find the same commands in Main Menu / View .

Switching between documents in order of use
Spider can make working on multiple documents easier with the improved function of switching between documents in the order of their use. If you select the option with the above mentioned name in Program settings / General, the behavior of the program when using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+TAB and Shift+Ctrl+TAB will change. Documents will be switched in the order in which they were last edited, not in the order they were opened (the order in the file name bar). This makes it much easier to switch between two documents far apart on the bar. This mechanism only works when using keyboard shortcuts, not when using the mini toolbar commands!

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