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CSS Editing Software: Which One is Right for You?
If you're looking to find the right CSS editing software to meet your needs you should take this questionairre. After just a few short questions, you'll have a list of some of the best CSS editing software tools available to meet your needs and your budget.

Astyle CSS editor
Astyle is a CSS editor for Windows that helps you build CSS 2 stylesheets. It is shareware and for Windows.

CaScadeS
CaScadeS is a CSS editor that works with Mozilla and Firefox. It requires Mozilla or Firefox to work. It allows you to create and edit both Web page stylesheets and embedded/internal stylesheets for viewing other Web pages.

CSSED
CSSEd is an open-source CSS editor that doubles as a code editor of things like XHTML, PHP, and JSP. It can be extended using plugins and is written in Python. It is available as source code so should work on Macintosh OS X, but has installers for many Linux distros and Windows.

CSSEdit
CSSEdit is a shareware Macintosh CSS editor. It supports CSS 2 and allows you to manage your CSS in folders.

Eledo
Eledo is a server-side CSS2 editor that allows you to edit CSS files using your Web browser.

JustStyle CSS Editor
JustStyle CSS editor is a CSS editor written in Java, so it is platform independent. There is also a Windows specific installer, but it runs on Mac and Linux as well. It helps you edit CSS1 stylesheets. It is free for non-commercial use.

Layout Master
Layout Master is an interesting program, that helps you to layout your Web pages using absolute positioning. It has been replaced by Style Master CSS editor, but if all you want to do is absolute positioning this program might help. For Windows.

Simple CSS
Simple CSS is a free CSS editor for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. It supports CSS 2.

Style Master
This is a wonderful CSS editor for Macintosh or Windows. It is easy to use and supports both CSS1 and CSS2.

Style Studio CSS Editor
Style Studio CSS Editor includes a CSS validator to make sure your CSS is correct. It also helps you convert existing HTML documents into HTML+CSS documents. It is for Windows and has a 30-day trial.

StyleAssistant
StyleAssistant is a menu driven program for writing CSS1 stylesheets. The Web site is German, but the program is freeware - for Windows.

TopStyle Pro CSS Editor
TopStyle is a CSS stylesheet editor that also doubles as an XHTML editor. While it leaves some things to be desired as an XHTML editor, it is a nice CSS editor. It integrates well into other XHTML editors and is easy to use. As a CSS editor I love how it shows you your class usage and helps you update your site from old HTML to CSS.