CSS Panel obsolete

[didiermazier]

Hi Y'all

Can anybody explain to me why the CSS panel is markerd as obsolete but is stille workin? Could no find any info on the Adobe help site…

MerryXmas to you and Happy new year!

 

[Monika Gause]

This is usually a sign that something gets phased out.

Have you ever used it?

[didiermazier]

Yes for the purpose of testing the CSS features

[Monika Gause]

That was also my only reason to use it.

I even made a page with it.

The thing is: in order to actually use it, you have to code very specific HTML in another editor, which is just not a workflow that is going to happen. Most of the time people use Wordpress or other tools nowadays.

[didiermazier]

You are right this not a game changing feature, same as slices…

They could as well get rid of it.

But I would really like to know why the user guide has no mention of the feature deprecation ?

[fastasleep]

I keep looking for answers to this. I use it frequently, because I write hand-coded HTML banners and use Illustrator for outputting SVGs and raster images in various sizes, and use the CSS Properties panel to copy CSS for their respective positions and sizes on the artboards. It's EXTREMELY useful for people doing this kind of thing and I will personally keep an older version of Illustrator around if they actually kill it and don't offer a replacement feature. Even if it gives sloppy CSS output, which you can't change.

On that note, I still use the Save for Web (Legacy) in Ps and Ai because their Export for Screens feature does NOT do stuff I need it to, that the old one does, and it even has gotten buggier over time for no reason while it's been deprecated as well. It's infuriating.