Comments on: 32 Coda Tips and Tricks

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:39:36 +0000

i’ve found this: cmd+alt+arrow up/down

I need another one action: to get up and down selected line.
In notepad++ is Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down

Help please!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:09:34 +0000

Do you know, is there a function to dublicate a row?
In notepad++ (pc) is Ctrl+D

I can’t find this useful function in Coda.

Thx for answer!

By: alex

alex — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:07:45 +0000

Is there any way to have Textmate Bundles in Coda? I love Zen coding, which is included but what about ZEN HTML, and ZEN CSS?

Thanks.

By: Opencart Templates

Opencart Templates — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:09:11 +0000

I also moved from DW to Coda a couple of years ago and never coming back. Coda is so easy to use… Thanks for this list!!!

By: Keith Gorman | Class Outfit

Keith Gorman | Class Outfit — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:38:55 +0000

FAO Ryan re: CakePHP setup in Coda:

* Open up the Preferences in Coda
* Click on the “Editor” tab
* Look for the “Custom Syntax Modes” at the bottom
* Click the “+” icon beneath the “Custom Syntax Modes” list
* Enter “ctp” in the “File Extension” input box
* Select “PHP-HTML” as the “Syntax Mode”
* Click “OK”

Your .ctp files will now be recognized by Coda as CakePHP files :)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:39:32 +0000

I have been struggling to find out how to set the file kind in Coda. I’m programming in CakePHP and so my files are titled home.ctp. Coda says these named files are a unix executable file and they also are not globally searched. Any advice on how to change this?

By: Armigin

Armigin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:07:26 +0000

Is there a way to have two documents visible at the same time while open? like i can see two different parts of one document at once, but what about two different documents?

By: Jonathan Dingman

Jonathan Dingman — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:52:53 +0000

I’d love to see a way to easily comment out a block or text.

Also, I’d love to see a way to easily indent multiple lines at once, together.

those are two features I’m not seeing available yet.

great list though, thank!

By: Adam S

Adam S — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:59:50 +0000

Great list, thanks so much! I’m just digging into Coda myself, considering switching from BBEdit. One thing I miss so far is the ability to jump to a specific line number like I could in BBEdit with a Cmd + J shortcut.

Does Coda have a feature like this? Can’t find it if so…

By: Enon Avital

Enon Avital — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:18:50 +0000

Does anyone know of a shortcut for toggling between open tabs in current window?

By: Matth

Matth — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:07:18 +0000

I made a CakePHP book cover for coda if anyone wants it:
http://sites.google.com/site/jenkins2541/shared-files/CodaCakePHP.png?attredirects=0&d=1

By: Karl Bowers

Karl Bowers — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:05:32 +0000

This is brilliant! The HTML Tidy plug in is a really useful one for me! Many thanks for this :-)

By: Rob Layfield

Rob Layfield — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:40:54 +0000

We really like the code sharing feature. You can share your currently open file with another local network user over bonjour.

Just click share and invite the other user. If they have Coda running then they will see your shared file. Any changes you or the other developer make will be highlighted on both screens and updated immediately.

Perfect for pair programming!

By: Benxamin

Benxamin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:38:58 +0000

These are really great! But what I’d like to know, is how to customize the Terminal color profile in Coda… I’ve got my terminal pimped to use Tom Werth’s “ir_black” color profile, and I’d like Coda to use that, too.

By: Coris Leachman

Coris Leachman — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:22:35 +0000

Thanks for the tips. I’ve recently started using coda having mainly used Editplus on the PC. Coda has been struggling to compare to it, but the clips feature has really helped to make it nearly as good, but not quite just yet, but it is early days for me. So maybe I’ll find out other features that I’m after – anyone know if Coda has an autocomplete feature?

TIP: To comment out multiple lines or a big block of code, just select it all and click press command + /

By: Yaili

Yaili — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:40:48 +0000

I’ve tried using Coda many times, but I always end up going back to Dreamweaver because of the little details that Coda doesn’t have and that just kill my productivity.

Having said that, whenever I have to use it, I always install this little plugin: Tabster (make a Google search for “tabster for coda”). It allows you to indent a block of text without erasing it and it makes a big difference.

By: nez

nez — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:41:57 +0000

If you have really big file with code (e.g. PHP) and during writing suddenly you’d like to check something at the beginning of this file – than it would be perfect to mark actual line with some “marker”, go to beginning of file… do checks you want etc. and than jump to marked line :-) I know such solution from Pspad editor (win).
The question – does Coda have such line-code-bookmarks feature?

By: Ebrahim

Ebrahim — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:05:29 +0000

Sorry for digging up this old post, but wanted if its possible to select parent element (html) using some hotkey like in dreamweaver you can select the parent element by pressing Cmd + [

By: Moitah

Moitah — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 23:51:35 +0000

Great post !

I’d add that for the slowed down visual effects, only pressing shift while opening a site is enough.
You can use this trick almost anywhere in Mac OS (While bringing up DashBoard, clicking on a windows un Exposé…

By: Brad Strickland

Brad Strickland — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:31:36 +0000

I love the list. Clip links will be very useful. Number 27s title is misspelled.