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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 20, 2026

Bootstrap 5.3 won't play nice with DW Live View

  • March 20, 2026
  • 2 replies
  • 77 views

This code:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en" data-bs-theme="dark">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Bootstrap 5.3.8 demo</title>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.8/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-sRIl4kxILFvY47J16cr9ZwB07vP4J8+LH7qKQnuqkuIAvNWLzeN8tE5YBujZqJLB" crossorigin="anonymous">
</head>
<body>
<!--Jumbotron replacement-->
<div class="p-5 mb-4 rounded-3">
<div class="container-fluid py-5">
<h1 class="display-5 fw-bold">Hello world!</h1>
<h2>Dark Themed Bootstrap 5.3.8</h2>
<p class="col-md-8 fs-4">Replace the deprecated Jumbotron with BS utilities classes, just like the one in previous versions of Bootstrap.</p>
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" type="button">Example button</button>
</div>
</div>

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.3.8/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" integrity="sha384-FKyoEForCGlyvwx9Hj09JcYn3nv7wiPVlz7YYwJrWVcXK/BmnVDxM+D2scQbITxI" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</body>
</html>

The display is haphazard, sometimes on, sometimes off. It varies by which line of code is selected in the Code View panel. 

Line 6, <title> tags selected.
Line 16, <button> tags selected.
A screen refresh (F5) doesn’t help.
 

    2 replies

    Legend
    March 21, 2026

    Considering other options could be the correct answer then if you want to use current workflows which Dreamweaver might not fully support. 🤔

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 21, 2026

    Please read the room, osgood_.

    I’m reporting a BUG.  There are no ‘correct answers’ here.

    If you can verify the BUG in DW, please upvote it accordingly. 

    Thanks,

     

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Legend
    March 20, 2026

    Don't use Bootstrap is the obvious solution 🤣

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    March 20, 2026

    That’s like saying don’t use PHP 8. 😝

    Not an option. 

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert