Disable Validator Messages

You can disable many validator messages that you don't want to see, though not all messages can be disabled.

NOTE: Disabling messages applies to CSE HTML Validator's own messages. HTML Tidy and nsgmls messages (if turned on) can not, in most or all cases, be disabled.

Disabling Groups of Messages

The numbers in square brackets that appear in front of some of the validator messages (like "[10]") refer to flags that can be turned off (disabled) or turned on (enabled). By default, all flags are enabled. If you see a message that you do not want to see anymore on all future validations, then you can bring up the context menu on that message and disable the flag (the context menu is usually shown by right-clicking the mouse on the validator message).

Disabling a flag will normally cause the message, as well as other related messages, to not appear again. You can always enable any flags that you disable by going to the Validator Engine Options. This capability is a powerful customization feature of CSE HTML Validator Std/Pro and is not included in the free lite edition.

You can learn more about disabling messages with flags and what the flags do.

Disabling Individual Messages

Most messages can be individually disabled. Unlike disabling a flag, which may cause many related messages to be disabled as well, disabling a message on an individual basis will not affect other messages. To disable an individual message, bring up the context menu on the message and choose Options for this Message->Disable Message. Note that there are other options as well, such as changing the message type. Most, but not all, messages can be controlled like this.