Overview

Visual Studio 2005 provides some capabilities for visually editing the styles for elements in an HTML or ASP.NET page. For example, in Design view, you can right-click a control or element, and then choose Style to display the Style Builder dialog box. Although the style builder enables you to create and edit in-line styles, there's no way to edit the styles that are inherited from a linked style sheet.  The new CSS Properties window provides this capability � it enables you to edit both in-line styles and styles in linked style sheets.

Features

Using the CSS Properties window, you can do the following:

• Display in-line styles and styles inherited from <style> blocks and linked style sheets.
• Edit in-line styles and styles in linked style sheets. (The CSS Properties window displays styles from <style> blocks, but does not enable you to edit them.)
• Display drop-down lists of styles and values to help you create valid style definitions.
• Drag style settings between different elements and to and from a style sheet.
• Edit styles for multiple elements.

Please Note:

• The CSS Properties Window is an unsupported tool but you may obtain help from the community and members of the product team in the Visual Studio 2005 forum on www.asp.net.
• Documentation is installed with the CSS Properties Window in the folder:
  \Program Files\Microsoft\CSS Properties Window\User Guide
• The CSS Properties Window doesn't work with Visual Web Developer. You may use it with Visual Studio 2005 Standard edition and above.