CSSEdit 2.5 Released

When it comes to styling my web pages, I do my work in TextMate. Still, I have friends who swear by CSSEdit. It definitely has its fair share of features to make the harrowing experience that is CSS editing more bearable. With an excellent live preview mode, an intelligent visual editor, simple source editing, and pretty much anything else a web developer could ever want from a CSS helper, CSSEdit has proven itself to be a valuable tool already. Here’s a look at what v2.5 brings, from the developer site:

• Tabs. Yes, this one may not come as a surprise anymore. However, I am sure you will be quite surprised once you try them out. Pictures simply don't do them justice.


• X-ray Inspector. This must absolutely be the most popular feature request of all time. Lo and behold, here it is: the X-ray inspector shows you what styles apply to the selected element in X-ray


• Selector Builder. Selector what? This is a brand new innovation that should make life much, much easier for anyone starting out with CSS (or teaching it). Define your selectors in plain English, and it generates the necessary code for you.


• Various improvements all over the application: a navigation bar in the Preview, a font picker, selector CodeSense, a text shadow editor, brand new shiny wonderful HUD inspectors, etc. Major changes everywhere!

If you’re a user of CSSEdit already, go grab this update. If you’ve been holding out, I’d say that this update is enough cause for a second look. I know I’ll be doing so. CSSEdit 2.5 can be found at the MacRabbit developer site.