[needafix]

Is there a way to have a link in an html doc whose target is the source code of the same html doc or the source code of another html doc?

I can open the doc from a link but then I just have to open the source code.

If I could go directly to that source code it would save thousands of click in the long run.

[MMJ]

Is this what you mean?

PHP Code:

<?php include('template/header.php'); ?>

example of it in use: http://xenweb.net/forums/showthread....vity-7143.html

[needafix]

No.

[brendandonhu]

Is this what you're looking for?
<a href="view-source:http://www.google.com/">View Source</a>
It will link to the source of the HTML doc but it doesn't work in newer versions of IE.

[namenotfound]

Originally Posted by brendandonhu

Is this what you're looking for?
<a href="view-source:http://www.google.com/">View Source</a>
It will link to the source of the HTML doc but it doesn't work in newer versions of IE.

I forgot all about the pseudo-link "view-source"

[Eriksrocks]

Originally Posted by brendandonhu

Is this what you're looking for?
<a href="view-source:http://www.google.com/">View Source</a>
It will link to the source of the HTML doc but it doesn't work in newer versions of IE.

That's pretty sweet.

I didn't even know that existed.

[MMJ]

Nice! Is it valid strict?

[Eriksrocks]

I assume so.

[namenotfound]

Originally Posted by MMJ

Nice! Is it valid strict?

pseudo-links such as view-source: and javascript: in urls don't effect the w3c validation tool, so they are valid. Although not part of a "standard" hyperlink, they are valid.

[needafix]

Originally Posted by brendandonhu

Is this what you're looking for?
<a href="view-source:http://www.google.com/">View Source</a>
It will link to the source of the HTML doc but it doesn't work in newer versions of IE.

Almost I guess.

This works for Google:

<a href="view-source:http://www.google.com/">View Source</a>

but this:

<a href="view-source:C:\My Documents\My Pictures\new.htm">NSC</a>

doesn't work for what I was talking about.

I use IE6 SP1. Is that why it works on the web but not on my hard drive?

I update this document often and need to go directly to the source code instead of opening the file then viewing the source then closing the document then saving the source code.

[Eriksrocks]

Do something like this:

<a href="view-source:file:///C:/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/new.htm">NSC</a>

[namenotfound]

Yes I just tested it out with an html file on my computer. What Eriksrocks said should work, it does for me

Edit: Well it worked on Firefox I just tried on IE7 and it doesn't work. However you have IE6 so it *might* work, give it a try

[Eriksrocks]

Yeah, I was wondering if it would work in IE. Actually now that I try it in IE7, even this doesn't work:
view-source:http://www.google.com/

Oh, IE.... *sigh*

[brendandonhu]

They dropped this in IE6 after SP1 for security reasons.

[needafix]

Originally Posted by Eriksrocks

Do something like this:

<a href="view-source:file:///C:/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/new.htm">NSC</a>

Cool. That did the trick. Minus the %20. Don't need that.

Now editing that is three clicks: Click link to open, click X to close, click "save."

The "click factor" is very important to me, the less clicks, the more efficient.