The standard and professional editions allow you to view and check the links and email addresses that have been extracted from a supported document. To do this, select the Links tab in the Results Window and then click the Check Links button () to check the links (if the links are not already being checked automatically). Note that the links only appear after opening and validating (or link checking) a document. Links can also be checked from a text file that contains one link per line and email addresses can be checked from a text file that contains one email address per line.

When the check is finished, CSE HTML Validator will place a red square in front of all the links that appear to be broken. By default, a yellow square will be placed in front of redirected links. If HTML Validator does not know how to check a link or is configured not to check the link then a blue square is placed in front of the link.

Note that CSE HTML Validator will only check local file or HTTP links and will do a syntax check on email addresses (email address syntax checking can be disabled). By default, CSE HTML Validator will "automatically press" the Check Links button () for you to check links in the background while you work. You can disable automatic link checking in the Editor Options.

The Batch Wizard can be used to check the links of an entire website (professional edition only). Note that link checking can be limited to specified links.

Also see the Links Tab topic for more information.

Checking Links from a Text File (one per line)

To have the link checker check the links listed in a text file (listed one per line), simply validate or link check the file with the option to auto detect text files containing links enabled in the Link Checking tab. This allows easy link checking of text lists of links. To make it easier for CSE HTML Validator to automatically detect a list of links, the first line of a list of links should contain exactly "CSEJOBTYPELINKCHECKTEXTLIST" (without the quotes).

Checking E-mail Addresses from a Text File (one per line)

To have the link checker check a list of email addresses listed in a text file (listed one per line), simply validate or link check the file with the option to auto detect text files containing links enabled in the Link Checking tab. Note that the first line of the file should be "CSEJOBTYPELINKCHECKTEXTLIST" (without the quotes). Each email address may begin with "mailto:". If it doesn't, then "mailto:" is automatically prepended because that is the format expected. The email addresses will be checked for syntax and the hostname of the email addresses will be checked to make sure there is a valid DNS record for it if DNS checking is enabled in the Link Checking tab.