Eclipse plugin for HTML WYSIWYG editor [closed]

Question

I'm building a small web application in Eclipse. I made an HTML form and was unable to find an option to preview the page I built, and I have to run it on server to view it. In NetBeans, there is a built-in WYSIWYG html editor.

Is there some HTML plugin for Eclipse?

(I don't need MyEclipse)

Answer 1

Since this is currently (2011-10-25) at 2nd place in Google for a "Eclipse HTML WYSIWYG" query and the question linked by Rafa de Castro dont give a complete answer, I feel that this question needs an update.

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For now, the only available WYSIWYG tools for HTML I found are:

• WTP JavaServer Faces contains a tool named Web Page Editor. Nice, free and also serves as a visual editor.
• JBoss Tools HTML Editor is also free, neat, has two preview modes, but provides only simplest visual editing functionality.
• Eclipse Visual Designer shipped with MyEclipse. It can even preview pages in IE/Firefox, but it has a huge disadvantage - it's a paid software. Looks awesome, but I didnt try it, so I can't say anything about quality.
• LeetEdit is based on TinyMCE and provides enhanced visual editing functionality. It's free and you can fork it on github.

A note about intsallation.

Installing something into Eclipse is a pain for a new user.

So, if you want to install just an HTML editor from WTP or JBoss without installing the whole thing with it, you can do the following (steps are vadid at least for Eclipse 3.6 and 3.7.):

• Open Eclipse, select Help / Install New Software.
• In the Work with: field input the update site address.

For JBoss Tools:

• Get the update site URL for the appropirate Eclipse version from here
• Select JBoss Tool RichFaces.

For Web Pages Editor

• Use an already existing update site, that look like http://download.eclipse.org/releases/<eclipse_version_name>
• Select Web Pages Editor.

For LeetEdit

• Update-Site http://timpietrusky.github.com/lab/leetedit/update-site
• Select LeetEdit

Now press Next and prepare to wait for eternity. (You can speed up this process by disabling Contact all update sites during install checkbox)

Answer 2

To clarify the installation of the "Web Page Editor" which is actually called "JSF Tools - Web Page Editor" in the installation menu:

Example for Eclipse Luna (try to use current eclipse version):

• Help => Install new Software => Enter update site http://download.eclipse.org/releases/luna

• Go to category "Web, XML, Java EE and OSGi Enterprice Development"

• Select "JSF Tools - Web Page Editor"

• Also select "JSF Tools" (the icons of the palette wont work if you do not select this)

You can skip the step with the category if you enter "Web Page Editor" in the search box.

The Palette of the Eclipse Luna "JSF Tools -Web Page Editor" does not contain html5 elements.