View in multiple Web browsers?

[Ken Elder]

In considering switching from First Page 2000 to TextPad, there is one issue that is holding me back. I can configure First Page 2000 to allow me to view a page in up to four Web browsers that are installed on my system. That has become invaluable for testing, since I'm never more than about two mouse clicks away from testing my page with any of four browsers.

I haven't found a similar feature in TextPad. View In Web Browser uses my computer's default browser, but is there a way to have it allow me to select from all the browsers installed on my computer? If not, how do you experienced TextPad users test your pages in different browsers?

[Jens Hollmann]

Most Browsers should be able to take a file as a parameter. So you can define a tool for each browser you have and give your current file as the parameter.

For example:

mozilla "file://D:/Eigene Dateien/Html/TextPad.html"

starts Mozilla and displays this file. In a tool you can define this parameter as

"file:///$File"

which works also. Other browsers should be able to do this too. I tried Internet Explorer 6 and the setting is just the same!

A minor problem: With mozilla you get a new instance each time. So you would have to close the browser each time. Other browsers might have a setting to prevent this.

So you end up with 4 tools for your browsers that could be accessed by Ctrl-1 to Ctrl-4 (depending on how many tools you already have). This is quite fast to access.

HTH

Jens

[Andreas]

Or write a batch job which takes the current file as parameter
and which opens all the browsers you want.

Then add this one batch job as tool in Textpad.

Then you have to call only one tool for as many browsers as you want...