Is it true that the CoffeeCup HTML editor 12.5 (the latest version) doesn't support WYSIWYG anymore? I hope not!

Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to the program's Visual Editor. Over the years it had relied on controls that Microsoft had built into Windows but has been gradually discontinuing support for. In order to make the Visual Editor compatible with the new and important HTML5 web standards, we would need to research and develop a new way to program it — precious time that we'd rather devote to refining our beloved code editor.

We feel strongly about using the instant preview options when dealing with code. The split-screen preview shows changes on-screen as you make them, and the external preview can be open at all times in a different window (which is great if you use a second monitor). Try them! We're confident that you'll find these preview options just as useful as working with the visual editor.

We do understand that this is a major change for some of our customers and we do not want to leave you just hanging in the wind, so to speak, so we'd like to give you a few options:

1. We can switch you over to our Visual Site Designer program which is a completely WYSIWYG editor. The only catch is that it cannot open an existing website. You would need to re-create your site from scratch in the software. The cost for the program is $49 but we are offering it at 50% of to all registered customers. If you would like to take this route, open a support ticket and we can send you a special link for this purchase.

2. If you would like to continue using the HTML Editor with the visual editing component, open a support ticket and we can send you the previous version of the Editor with this feature.


Thanks

That's very sad. Means saying goodbye to CoffeCup. Bring back visual editing. I will look for another editor.

Use Visual Site Designer.

I am not connected to CC I help here where I can and get help. I purchased both, I wish I had the offer just made. I use both. VSD can get a professional looking site up quickly and then if required replaced or tweaked by the editor at leisure.

I have played with many editors over the years but finally settled for these two. Who wants a pure html editor to be half WYSIWYG the same way you would not want a WYSIWYG to be half HTML based. each is not watered down.
I know you can lead a horse to water but not make it drink but people, my advice. Dip in and slurp away, you will never be sorry.

Why I am saying this? I just feel if you walk away you will miss out on a great community, especially if you have skills to share

VSD!! Whoot!!! Whoot!!!

I just purchased the HTML Editor this evening hoping it would be a decent replacement for Dreamweaver. Having both code and wysiwyg is what I liked best about Dreamweaver. When I saw the split preview ability of The HTML Editor I thought I was in luck. I only just now realize it can't do what I thought.

VSD is not an option. I just want to edit HTML files. Yes I can do it in the code, but in my opinion, it is a lot easier and a lot faster to have the hybrid approach.

CC does offer a free trial. But now that you have it once you dive into code it's pretty easy to make the needed adjustment. I would say it's one of the best tools to learn how to hand code HTML and css.

I am comfortable editing the code directly. That is exactly how I have been working with Notepad+ and Dreamweaver for the past several years. It's not that I don't know how to edit code, it's just faster and easier to be able to edit HTML in both views.

I've been in software product management for over 20 years. I've never removed features from products.

Sometimes software just needs to grow up, in this case it was a very welcome change due to the problems that swapping between the 2 tabs caused. The HTML Editor didn't do code like Dreamweaver does when in the Visual mode, it did code more like VSD does and that caused a lot of issues when trying to do both because when you swapped it would alter the code to it's own style and that wasn't always very clean.

Anyways, it's a good thing it's gone IMHO because those of us on the forums forever have not had to answer questions about it for a while now! It's been gone for a long time, it's not something just recently happened.

Sometimes things just have to be removed in order for the programs to grow. Changing the HTML Editor to the features it has with the Preview window are FAR more useful to coders than the visual tab ever was. VSD was the replacement for that and is what people here use if they need a Visual setup. Otherwise, trial the software first and you'll always know what you're getting. The site doesn't say it has a visual editor on it, most likely you came across some old advertisement somewhere or some old google search that is still out there. Always best (for any site and software) to read the current pages to be sure it's what you are expecting it to be

10 thumbs up on the visual removal as far as many of us Coders are concerned. The Preview tab is far more useful and they couldn't do that with the Visual tab still in there so we're very happy they did