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Document Properties

In addition to having a file name, an HTML file has some top-level properties (also known as “metadata”) that help describe the file as a whole.

TypeMetal’s “Title and Properties” UI provides a means to edit a document’s title and view certain of its other key properties:

a TypeMetal HTML window's "Title and Properties" UI

The properties shown in this area include:

Showing a File’s Title and Properties

To show an HTML window’s “Title and Properties” UI:

Doing any of these reveals the window’s “Title and Properties” area.

Pressing Command+Option+T or choosing ViewShow Title and Properties also puts the input focus in the “Title” text field, so you can immediately enter or edit the document’s title. (This is the text that goes inside the HTML file’s <title> element. Web browsers customarily display an HTML file’s title in window title bars and tabs. It’s also the text that identifies a page in a user’s bookmarks and browsing history.)

Hiding a FIle’s Title and Properties

When you’re done viewing and editing a file’s properties, you can close the “Title and Properties” UI:

If the focus is in the “Title” text field, you can also close the Title and Properties area by:

This returns editing focus to your HTML window’s content area.