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Authoring tools and editors

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See also the wishlist for what we would like to see...

Graphical editors

(You know, the kind where you make a drawing by drawing instead of by writing lots of funny codes)

  • Inkscape (has XML mode)
  • Sketsa
  • Amaya (fairly basic)
  • Illustrator

Some known editors for SVG, or XML with SVG smarts

  • Opera Dragonfly
  • Firefox/Firebug
  • Mozilla/SeaMonkey
  • HTMLKit
  • oXygen
  • notepad++
  • TextPad
  • Eclipse
  • gedit
  • Safari Web Inspector
  • WebDwarf

HTML editors that appear not to handle SVG

Initials of reviewer should follow.

  • KompoZer - DD
  • Nvu - DD
  • Aptana Studio - DD
  • PSPad - DD


Helpful tools

  • Fiddler Fiddler is a HTTP Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet.
  • SVGFontKit: a tool for importing fonts into browsers that don't yet support them

Features to consider in picking editors

  • cost
  • ease of learning
  • svg preview
  • html preview
  • tag completion
  • syntax highlighting
  • javascript syntax awareness
  • javascript debugging
  • javascript preview
  • html / svg DOM communication
  • compound document support (including object, embed and foreignObject)
  • support for both xhtml and html/quirk-y
  • inspection of dynamic DOM
  • multiple browser simulation
  • wysiwyg editing mode
  • wysiwyg drawing pad
  • web based
  • ease of installation
  • open source
  • built-in FTP
  • CSS edit

Links to existing reviews of SVG authoring tools

-- Most of the following are HTML specific, but some may handle SVG --