Expression Web 4 SP2 - Thumbnails for Images in Folder List

If you haven't heard, Expression Web 4 SP2 has been released and it is quite a big deal. Several of the new enhancements in the new web development IDE are so awesome that we cannot believe they weren't already a part of the package. First up - Microsoft Expression Web 4 SP2 now display thumbnails of images selected in the folder list!

Image Thumbnails

How many times have you selected an image in the folder list of Expression Web 4 wondering if you were selecting the correct image as well as its dimensions? Pretty much all the time I bet. In SP2, when an image is selected in the folder list a thumbnail is now displayed as well as the image dimensions and two links that copy a quick image tag or background image CSS to the clipboard.

Clicking the img link under the image dimensions as shown above will copy an image tag associated with that image to the clipboard. Here is the HTML Image Tag copied to the clipboard for you to paste into your HTML Document:

<img src="carousel-slide4.png" width="497" height="310" alt="" />

Very nice!

Conclusion

This is just one of a number of really cool features added to Expression Web 4 with the release of SP2. We will talk about the others! If you are a web designer, Expression Web 4 just got a whole lot nicer with the release of the new service pack!