Advanced Layout Editing Options

Using 'Find and Replace'.

Right click within a layout (or the preview) and select 'Find'.  This allows you to search for text within the current layout.

This is useful if you are trying to find a particular variable or layout selector within a large layout.

There is also a 'Replace' tab if you need to do a find and replace within a layout.

Revert to Factory Settings

If you have made a change to a layout and don't know how to get it back to how it was, you can right-click on a layout in the library and select 'Revert to Factory Settings'. See Using The Library for more information on the library.

Cut, Copy and Paste

You can use the right-click menu either within the layout code or within the preview to cut, copy and paste layouts and variables in your design. [Ctrl+X], [Ctrl+C] and [Ctrl+V] also can be used to cut, copy and paste layouts, variables and layout selectors.

Customising The Code Editor

Click the  button on the layout code toolbar, or go to 'Design | Customise.'.

There are two tabs - 'Editor' and 'Performance'.

The 'Editor' tab contains configuration options for the layout code editor as follows:

Setting	Description
Display Line Numbers	Set whether or not you want line numbers appearing in the layout code.
Display Indicator Margins	Set whether or not you want the indicator margin to appear. This margin contains bookmarks and also shows the start and end of block tags.
Tab Size	Set how many white spaces will be taken up by the 'tab' character.
On Layout Selectors	Set what happens when you double-click on layout selectors. See Using Layout Selectors for an explanation of the options.
On Variables	Set what happens when you double-click on variables. See Using Variables for an explanation of the options.

The 'Performance' tab contains a checkbox labelled 'Check for Nested HTML Comments and Form Tags'. Selecting this box means that when Actinic is generating the site, it will look for invalid comments within comments, or form tags within form tags. It will slow down the site generation a little, but it will ensure that your pages will work.