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Jul 7, 2025 12:54 PM UTC
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Dreamweaver 2021 slow or laggy with PHP files

It's been months now that dreamweaver is laggy when typing on code view on PHP scripts. I have tried disabling all code hints, made static view default, disabled code coloring.... still laggy.

If I type random chars it freezes for about a second then shows everything I typed at once every second.

Any key I press takes about 50ms to fire.

Double clicks (to select a word) usually won't fire.

The whole app randomly freezes some times (if a PHP script is opened).

DW process uses under 1% CPU. Plenty RAM available. Installed on a SSD drive as the whole system.

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
Jul 16, 2025 9:29 PM UTC

Live view also adds latency to PHP files. It also prompts you to Save after each edit.

When that happens, toggle from Live to Design with Ctrl + Shift + F11. 

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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Jul 7, 2025 7:51 PM UTC

Wow! Resetting preferences just did it!

I'm using windows 11, the website was on a SSD drive, but the same behavior was happening no matter where the file was.

 

Thank youuuu ❤️

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Community Expert
Jul 7, 2025 1:52 PM UTC

Is the site on the SSD drive or is the site on a network/cloud storage when you are editing it? What OS? Have you tried resetting preferences ( https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html ).

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