Online CSS syntax validation settings

The online CSS syntax validator tool allows you to validate CSS documents using the W3C® Syntax Validator available on the W3C website. It is an alternative to the CSS syntax validator built into Spider. The Spider can send the currently edited document to the validator script, regardless of whether it is opened from the server or locally, and the validation results are displayed on the bottom panel.

The online CSS syntax validator settings window can be displayed either through the editor settings window from the"Spelling and syntax verification" tab or automatically each time the online syntax validation tool is invoked using the command from the Main menu / Tools / Code verification / Check syntax online or by launching the tool from the bottom results panel.

The validator settings window allows you to define the settings of the verification report. First of all, you can choose between simple or extended mode. In simple mode, the default script settings are used. Extended mode, on the other hand, allows you to define parameters that affect the syntax verification results.

Parameters of the extended operating mode

Warnings
Here, you can select the detail of the report, i.e. the 'sensitivity' to the individual elements of the document being analysed and the resulting more or less extensive messages.

Verification profile
Here, you select the CSS profile according to which the syntax analysis is performed and the report displayed.

Medium
Here, you specify for which medium (e.g. printer, screen, etc.) the document validity analysis is carried out.

Additional validator settings

Always display this window before online verification
Check this option if you want the online validator settings window to be displayed every time you run the online syntax analysis function.

The second tab allows you to define the properties related to the script handling. Most likely you will not need to change these properties. However, there may be times when a script is modified by W3C employees in such a way that the names of the script handling form fields or the script address are changed. Then the validator tool may stop working properly. However, you will be able to use these fields to set the connection to the script so that it works properly also on other field names or at a different URL.