1. A computer-implemented method performed in a web page authoring system having a user input system and an editing screen display for displaying a representation of a tag associated with a display artifact represented on the editing screen display, said method comprising: receiving a user action input selecting a reference point on the editing screen display for a web page being authored; setting a reference area on the editing screen display enclosing the selected reference point; selecting the display artifact closest to the reference point as a reference display artifact from among display artifacts in the reference area; selecting a tag associated with the reference display artifact from among tags associated with the display artifacts in the reference area; and drawing a first rectangle on the editing screen display enclosing the selected display artifact and a second, larger rectangle enclosing said first rectangle, a space between said first and second rectangles representing the selected tag, wherein the selected tag, associated with the first rectangle and the selected display artifact, includes an open tag and a corresponding close tag.