Home / How Do I / How do I change TextEdit to a plain text editor for HTML files?
Call me old school, but I feel all budding web developers should know how to write HTML (and CSS, Javascript etc.). Even though creating web sites has become really simple nowadays with tons of WYSIWYG tools, WordPress’s visual and other such editors, it’s always a good idea to learn things from scratch so that you have a strong foundation in your field.
Windows users have their trusted Notepad – a program I had used all these years to write HTML. On the Mac there is TextEdit.
However, by default, TextEdit opens and saves files in rich-text format. In this post, I shall detail how one can change the app settings so that it becomes a plain text editor, quite like Notepad of Windows.
By the way, on my Macbook, the font used for plain text is Menlo Regular at point size 11. If you’ve shifted from Windows (like me) and want the familiar Courier (or Courier New), select it from Preferences… and you can even change the font size.
Once you’ve set up TextEdit to save and open plain text files, you can start coding HTML. However, here are a few points to note.
Finally, once you are tired of using TextEdit for HTML or simply find it cumbersome, there are plenty of great applications available (and some of them for free) to write and edit code.
How do I view a deleted web page?
Is there a way to view a deleted web page - one that is no longer available? Yes there is and the solution is quite simple. [more...]
A feature on the Kindle 5 measures reading speed and can inform you when the chapter or the book will be finished. [more...]
We use cookies to give you the best possible website experience. By using WebDevelopersNotes.com, you agree to our Privacy Policy