Building a great email is no easy feat\u2014but it can be a whole lot easier if you have the right tools at your fingertips.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why we developed Litmus Builder, the code editor built to help email designers and developers create better email, faster. With Builder, you can quickly build and test on the email clients that matter most to your audience, plus utilize reusable HTML and CSS code snippets and pre-tested templates to reduce errors and maintain brand consistency.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s chock-full of tools to improve your email development workflow\u2014and today, we\u2019re thrilled to announce new additions to the Builder feature set. Here\u2019s what\u2019s new in Litmus Builder.<\/p>\n
Drag and drop support<\/strong> Email in to Builder to start a project<\/strong> Every designer and developer has their own unique coding style and workflow.<\/p>\n While Builder already offered custom themes, font sizes, and the like, you can now customize Builder even further. Make Builder meet your personal coding preferences with soft-wrapping and custom indentation using\u00a0<\/span>tabs and spaces.<\/p>\n Autocompletion for pre-existing CSS and images<\/strong> Additionally, any images uploaded to Builder will have the image filename available as an autocomplete option for the source attribute, along with its width\/height dimensions for width\/height attributes and CSS properties.<\/p>\n Grid view dimensions calculator<\/strong> Compiled and original HTML file display size<\/strong> Mobile device views<\/strong> Email Previews in pop up mode<\/strong>
\nSay goodbye to the manual copy and paste process of getting your code into Builder. With drag and drop support, you can start a Builder project by simply dragging your HTML file onto the dashboard. It\u2019s as easy as that!<\/p>\n
\nDo you prefer sending your email into Builder directly from your email service provider? With the new Builder static email address you can do exactly that.<\/p>\nCustomize Builder to your coding preferences<\/h2>\n
Build better emails, faster<\/h2>\n
\nTired of writing the same lines of code over and over again? Speed up your development process with the addition of autocompletion support for pre-existing CSS and images. For any pre-existing CSS (whether embedded in <style> block, in the CSS tab, or in Partials), the values will be available as an autocomplete option when using class or id attributes.<\/p>\n
\nSay goodbye to hopping back and forth between Builder and your editing software to discover the dimension of elements in your email. With the new grid view dimensions calculator in Builder, you can easily view the dimensions of specific elements in your email, such as a table cell or an image, with a simple hover.<\/p>\n
\nGet insights into how much of an impact using Partials, CSS inlining, and other compilation features have on the total weight of your markup. Use these insights to see if your email\u2019s weight could impact loading speeds, and to make sure that you’re under Gmail’s 102KB display limit to prevent your email from being cropped.<\/p>\nMore Email Previews\u2014and contextual help to make troubleshooting easier<\/h2>\n
\nWe\u2019re now offering even more Email Preview views in Litmus Builder. See exactly what your email looks like in popular email clients, including 25+ actual mobile devices with new support for device view in Email Previews for Builder.<\/p>\n
\nIf you prefer to pop up Builder in the preview pane while building, we now support Email Previews in the preview pane.<\/p>\n