When Selection Mode is active, HTML elements can be selected by clicking in the web pane. Clicking on a hyperlink no longer loads the linked file, rather it selects the anchor element in the HTML source code. However, option/alt-clicking on a link sill loads the destination file without changing the mode.
Which element is activated by a click in the web pane depends upon its Formatting Box. You can learn more about that in the next topic.
<span>
, <em>
or
<a>
,
will display the source code of the closest block level ancestor in the HTML pane.