How to see the structure of html "live"?

[snecz]

I want to re-design the site which consists of tables. How can I see the structure of html “live” - like in a browser but with indicated tables? Does any software (maybe a browser) gives such tool that will be easy to indicate each cell and/or table?
thanks,
snecz

[drhowarddrfine]

You should be using Firefox. Then install the add-ons: Web Developer Toolbar and Firebug.

[Centauri]

If you want to view the structure so that you can replicate that structure using divs or whatever, then the result will probably be just as bad as the tables.

What you should concentrate on is looking at the way the site is presented and rewriting the content semantically to reflect that. Then you can style that content to mimic the look. Done properly, the page structure would most likely have little resemblance to the table version.

As drhowarddrfine has noted above, the Web Developer Tollbar would be useful for working out the current sizes of various parts of the page.

[AutisticCuckoo]

Using the built-in 'Debug with outline' and 'Show structural elements' user style sheets in Opera can also be immensely helpful to show the structure visually.

[starshine]

Download Amaya, its the w3c browser and editor. Go in View>Show structure. You will see a tree like structure of your webpage's code.

Or download the web developer toolbar for Firefox, its an addon. Go in Outline>. And there's a list of options to outline block elements, custom elements, tables etc.

Enjoy
Cheers from Starshine

[snecz]

Thanks all of you
I've installed Web Developer Toolbar in Firefox. It looks nice.
As AutisticCuckoo wrote there's similar tool in Opera. I'm going to check this.
I've also installed Amaya.
Now I've to decide which one is the best for me.

Actually the problem is that the site I have to re-design is online shop. It consits of tables and for sure I'm not going to change it.
All I will do is changing the style sheet so it will look better.
I've not rebuilded the sites like this before so I'm a little bit scary.
Wish me luck.

BTW, do you have any good advice for such project?