Hide Span Tags - they are effing up my layout!

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Hide Span Tags - they are effing up my layout!

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Hi all

I'm working in a template aimed at print for a change and have a problem - the span tags are messing the layout up in editor mode. It outputs to PDF correctly, but it is tricky to layout the content correctly when it doesn't look right on screen. Is there any way to hide the span tag markers?

Thanks!
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Re: Hide Span Tags - they are effing up my layout!

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Click the drop-down arrow on the "eyeball within straight brackets" button on the XML editor toolbar (Tooltip = Toggle show tags) and clear Shopw markers
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Re: Hide Span Tags - they are effing up my layout!

Post by straygoat »

Thanks Jason! In all my time using Flare, I've never once clicked on that thing. You learn something new every day.
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Re: Hide Span Tags - they are effing up my layout!

Post by ChoccieMuffin »

But don't rely on the XML editor for your layout. It's not completely WYSIWYG, and how it looks in the end sometimes depends on what browser you use to view it.
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Re: Hide Span Tags - they are effing up my layout!

Post by straygoat »

I know about that, ChoccieMuffin, thanks. I always build the output as well when I want to check something. The output looked perfect, it was just difficult to manage in the XML editor.
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