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title: HTML syntax editor
description: The HTML syntax editor provides support for editing HTML and Jelly scripts and defines what's rendered when the page is displayed. The HTML syntax editor can contain either static XHTML or dynamically generated content defined as Jelly, and can call script includes and UI Macros.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/api-reference/scripts/html-syntax-editor.html
release: australia
product: Scripts
classification: scripts
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Scripting, API implementation, API implementation and reference]
---

# HTML syntax editor

The HTML syntax editor provides support for editing HTML and Jelly scripts and defines what's rendered when the page is displayed. The HTML syntax editor can contain either static XHTML or dynamically generated content defined as Jelly, and can call script includes and UI Macros.

The syntax editor has these features.

-   HTML and Jelly script support
-   HTML and Jelly syntax coloring, indentation, line numbers, and automatic creation of closing braces and quotes
-   Auto-suggestions for HTML and Jelly tags
-   Script macros for common code shortcuts

\[Omitted image "HTMLSyntaxEditor.png"\] Alt text: Syntax editor for HTML and Jelly scripts.

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