Using advanced text options in Find and Replace
In Find and Replace operations, the global Replace All isn??™t appropriate for every situation; sometimes you
need a more precise approach. Dreamweaver enables you to fine-tune your searches to pinpoint accuracy.
You can look for text within particular tags??”and even within particular tags with specific attributes.
Moreover, you can find (and replace) text that is outside of particular tags with specific attributes.
Dreamweaver assists you by providing a drop-down list of standard tags. The tags shown depend on the
type of document you are viewing, as determined by the filename extension of the open file. For example,
although most document types see HTML tags, a document with the .cfm extension would also see
ColdFusion tags. You can also search for your own custom tags. In addition, you don??™t have to try to
remember which attributes go with which tag; Dreamweaver supplies you with a context-sensitive list of
attributes that changes according to the tag selected.
In addition to using the tag??™s attributes as a search filter, Dreamweaver can also search within the tag for text
or another tag. Most HTML tags are so-called container tags that consist of an opening tag and a closing tag,
such as
and .
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