Here are some features that would be nice to have in OE.

1 )able to select a local link to a file in the hierarchy (if it is not an .htm generated by OE it won't display it in the hierarchy) shown bellow.
 

2) CSS hints when typing. example: start typing "disp" and it would show you "display" and then the same thing for properties so you don't necessarily need to know all of them

3) Having the ability to use previous images when using an Image Link element. What happens now is that even if it is the same image you browse for it creates a new one with an unique ID. Since I have a sidebar menu that is all images, this means when the user goes to the next page they have to re-download the menu images even though they are the same. (i might just be not understanding what I should have done to make them the same though)

4) Make page style defaults easier to find, still not quite sure where to go to set the default font, color, ect.

5) when changing the color of the text allow the user to save custom color swatches.

(essentially right now if you click edit color, you can only pick from colors above. Let the user save an eyedropper color or custom html notation color #FFFFFF) otherwise everytime you want a custom color you have to paste in the #color part.

6) Ability to 'pick-box' select multiple elements at the same time (not a big deal)

7) holding shift while editing text should select text between last cursor to new position

hope these ideas are helpful. I just finished creating the first draft of my work website @ lccdicast.org and these are the things I thought of while creating it.


Edited by Gorksmash - Jan 14 2014 at 8:21pm

I figured you were working on these things and as far as some of the interface quirks I am just not used to the software enough yet to be totally proficient.
>> 6) I currently use the ctrl+click to select multiple items but maybe if you hold shift or something (to avoid just selecting their container) you get the marching-ants selection box which selects everything inside the area, like in GIMP or photoshop select. The ctrl-click works great but sometimes I find myself just trying to select an area when there are a lot of elements that need to be moved.

>> 5) I just tried the color thing again in the beta version and it works with the eyedropper like I wanted, I didn't try it since upgrading from the stable version. It works as expected now, thanks :)

so locking a container does not lock the elements inside the container? useful, thanks!