CSS 3.0 in Visual Studio 2010

Question

I would like to use Validation (CSS 3.0) instead of CSS 2.1 for Visual Studio 2010. I looked at SO and noticed a comment in which 3.0 was not finalized, so it was not available in 2008, but I was not sure if this applied to 2010 year.

Am I just not using CSS 3?

Answer 1

Microsoft has released a web standards update to incorporate CSS 3.0 into Visual Studio.

Web Standards Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SP1 http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a15c3ce9-f58f-42b7-8668-53f6cdc2cd83

After a simple installation, you will have the CSS 3.0 option in Visual Studio.

(The toolbar command is called the Cascading Style Sheet for Validation and is located on the Style Sheet toolbar.)

Answer 2

If you do not want to wait for the service pack, check this:

http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/7211bcac-091b-4a32-be2d-e797be0db210/view/Discussions

Worked fine for me, although I needed to consult Q and A for some installation tips.

Answer 3

I looked a couple of months ago and could not find CSS3 support. I just use the W3C online validation tool.

http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

Answer 4

For Visual Web Developer 2010 Express use this:

 Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ VWDExpress \ 10.0 \ Packages \ {A764E895-518D-11d2-9A89-00C04F79EFC3} \ Schemas \ Schema 5] "File" = "css30.xml" "Friendly Name" = " CSS 3.0 "

Answer 5

I did this for Visual Web Developer Express 2010:

• Install this package.
• Find in the registry any key with css21.xml
• Save keys as .reg
• Edit the keys "css21.xml" with "css30.xml" and "CSS 2.1" with "CSS 3.0"
• Save
• Run the .reg files and press YES to add new keys to the registry.
• Everything is ready!

Example:

Windows Registry Editor version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ VWDExpress \ 10.0_Config \ Packages {A764E895-518D-11d2-9A89-00C04F79EFC3} \ Schemes \ scheme 5] "Friendly Name" = "CSS 3.0" "File" = "css30.xml"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ VWDExpress \ 10.0 \ Packages {A764E895-518D-11d2-9A89-00C04F79EFC3} \ Schemes \ scheme 5] "Friendly Name" = "CSS 3.0" "File" = "css30.xml"

[HKEY_USERS.DEFAULT \ Software \ Microsoft \ VWDExpress \ 10.0_Config \ Packages {A764E895-518D-11d2-9A89-00C04F79EFC3} \ Schemes \ scheme 5] "Friendly Name" = "CSS 3.0" "File" = "css30.xml"

[HKEY_USERS \ S-1-5-18 \ Software \ Microsoft \ VWDExpress \ 10.0_Config \ Packages {A764E895-518D-11d2-9A89-00C04F79EFC3} \ Schemas \ Scheme 5] "Friendly Name" = "CSS 3.0" "File" = "css30.xml"

[HKEY_USERS \ S-1-5-21-819682056-1984509207-1467669795-1000 \ Software \ Microsoft \ VWDExpress \ 10.0_Config \ Packages {A764E895-518D-11d2-9A89-00C04F79EFC3} \ Schemes \ Scheme 5] "Friendly Name" = "CSS 3.0" "File" = "css30.xml"