Dreamweaver

In Dreamweaver 21.5's Files window, each file has </> or <?> to the left of it (followed by a lock icon or check mark).   I don't mind the lock icons and check marks, but what is the point of the "</>" and "<?>"?  They are ugly and don't tell me anything interesting. Is there a way to turn off the "</>" and "<?>"? Thanks! 

I do all my work in coding view (PHP, HTML, CSS, JS), and usually have 10-20 tabs open.  I'm constantly switching between them. Sometimes when I switch to a tab, the wrong file's contents are visible.  For example, yesterday I switched to a .php file's tab, but Dreamweaver shows me the contents of an HTML file instead.   I switched to other tabs, and they looked fine, but when I switched back to the "bad" PHP tab, it still showed me HTML.  I then closed and restarted Dreamweaver, and this time that PHP tab showed the correct contents. So, it seems like Dreamweaver 21.5 got "confused" and associated the wrong file's contents with a tab. Has this happened to anyone else? And is there a way to prevent it from happening? Thanks!

Having just purchased the latest Dreamweaver I am totally lost in maintaining some older .asp sites. I added the extension to bring back the database bindings but I am yet to find anyplace to move the recordset fields into my html. Is there another extension I need to purchase that makes it like the old Dreamweaver 8 or am I going to have to abandon the new Dreamweaver and run an installation of Windows 7 with DW8? Am I missing something? I am an old dog so it is hard for me to learn new tricks. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Phil

Every time I start Dreamweaver with the "Reopen documents on startup" option active, the file associated with the right most tab fails to show its hidden characters, whilst the other files do. I have to close the file then reopen it if I want to see the tabs, space etc. It's not a major bug, but it shouldn't be happening. Does anybody else have this issue and is there a fix?

[Due to a server upgrade, I was recently forced to switch from Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 to Adobe Dreamweaver 21.5.  I've encountered several issues with Dreamweaver 21.5.  This is one of them.] In Dreamweaver 8, you can reposition tabs by dragging them left or right.   In Dreamweaver 21.5, when I drag tabs left/right, I must be releasing them too high or something, because they often end up opening a new coding window/pane, which is really annoying.  I then have to carefiully drag the new window's tab back down to the original window's tab list.  This takes time.  Time which I could have spend coding. Is there a way to prevent Dreamweaver 21.5 from opening multiple coding windows, specifically when repositioning tabs? Also, while on the subject of tabs, Dreamweaver 8 lets you scroll through all the tabs horizontally.  Dreamweaver 21.5 instead has a double-arrow thing on the right which lets you select tabs from a drop-down.&nb

Version: 21.5Windows  OS 11 I am trying to build the Bayside Beat Website and in part 6 where you have to style the linksIn question 2 you are asked: In the text section of the Properties pane, set the font-weight property to bold.However there is nothing (please see attached screenshot) as you can see there is no type section, all I have is the Bold, Italic, OL and Ul. Also the position assit does not pop up. The drag and drop for positionig images does not work. I must admit, that I have been away from dreamweaver for a couple of years. I have checked the help articles. I would like some clarification as to the problems mentioned. I plan to use dreamweaver for Emai Design and it would be nice to have an idea as to the changes. Please advise.  

Dreamweaver we change templates and some pages have been update some have not it looks like the old template is trying to take over the new templateVersion 2.14Build 15620

I needed to use a generator function in my app, but DW incorrectly flags an ellipsis as a syntax error. I know anyone who needs a generator function should probably go buy a stronger IDE, but I'm cheap and I already have the whole CC suite. And isn't PHP version support a basic function of maintaining the Dreamweaver app? I would encourage you to at least get it up into the 8s.

There are many posts on this subject, none of which seem to correspond with the latest version. One can use existing suggestions to make hidden files such as .htaccess or .htpasswd visible on the remote server, but the same trick does not seem to work for local files. For the pundits who immediately leap into action with comments along the lines that MacOS has the option to show hidden files, indeed it does, and that option is switched on. I can see the hiddewn files in Finder. It is just that I cannot see them in the local file liston Dreamweaver which of course means I cannot PUT them onto the remote server.  It is very annoying and very difficult. Sure I went off and tried Wappler but it is not fit for purpose, and impenetrable with jargon and etc. So no, I prefer to stay with DreamWeaver and would appreciate prompt action from Adobe, or help from users who have experienced the same difficulty and solved the problem.

Hola, llevo algunos meses intentado instalar Adobe Dreamweaver pero no me lo permite, empiezo con la instalación desde creative cloud, luego se detiene y dice reintentar, me apareció este error: 198 Exit Code: 198 -------------------------------------- Summary -------------------------------------- - 1 fatal error(s), 1 error(s), 8 warnings(s) FATAL: Error occurred in install product workflow with error code 198 error message Source: /Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver 2021/AMT; Destination: /System/Volumes/Data/.adobeTemp/906D4248-D257-456F-B1FE-CA21AA2DFF9C; ErrorDesc: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=260 "The file “AMT” couldn’t be opened because there is no such file." UserInfo={NSFilePath=/Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver 2021/AMT, NSUnderlyingError=0x7f9d76ea1c10 {Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=2 "No such file or directory"}} ERROR: Failed to backup folder /Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver 2021/AMT with error Source: /Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver 2021/AMT; Destination: /Syste

Dreamweaver se queda colgado siempre que lo abro. No entiendo qué pasa, pero me estoy empezando a hartar de estos programas. No funcionan bien Acrobat, Dremweaver, Photoshop y After Effects. Si no los arreglan me doy de baja. No voy a pagar por algo que no funciona.

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.

I use DW 21.5. Every time I start DW, the program suddenly hangs after about 10-20 minutes. It always happens once. After that I can work with it for the rest of the day without any problems. But after every new start, the program hangs after the specified time: “No response”. Once a day, after the start. Does anyone know why and how this can be fixed?

Adobe you;re obviously killing the Dreaweaver app so how much would it cost purchase it ? 

Hay alguna herramienta dentro del Dreamweaver para borrar codigo css duplicado o javascript no usado. Por ejemplo cuando se carga bootstrap hay un montón de código que no se usa. Luego para optimizarlo tanto css como java.Gracias Adalberto Hugo Beghelli 

We use DWTs as the basis for a web site. Throughout the HTML code in the DWTs we use the${}as containers for tokens that are replaced by an underlying web application.e.g. ${variable} For the most part, this works without issue. However, when the "Update pages" command is run, the associated HTML templates are updated, but any variable tokens contained within certain HTML elements end up being replaced incorrectly. For example this HTML in the DWT:<a href="${variable}">Text</a>ends up as the following the HTML page:<a href="{variable}">Text</a> It would only appear to affect the variable tokens used within certain HTML elements.For example in the DWT:<a href="${token}" title="${tooltip}"><img src="${logo}" alt="Logo" /><span class="sr-only">${mobileheader}</span></a>will update as in the HTML page:<a href="{token}" title="${tooltip}"><img src="{logo}" alt="Logo" /><span class="sr-only">${mo

While I'm in Design Mode. It might be happening after I use Paste Special... Text Only.

For a few weeks now, dreamweaver on mac is crashing every single time i use it. Is it being fased out? will it be replaced with something else? i need to know, so i can switch to a different app if it is being dropped.

Hello,I am working on updating a site using a template. Everything has come along well except that there are some unwanted horizontal lines appearing on top of the graphic and the page areas. I've gone all through the code and cannot figure out how to get rid of them. Can anyone help?rideskat.org/index4.html 

We encountered an issue with the image map rendering—specifically in Outlook mobile apps. Currently, the default width for an image is 600px.On devices with a screen width less than 600px, the expected behaviour is:The image scales down to fit the screen.The image map coordinates scale proportionally with the image.This works as expected in Gmail mobile, where both the image and the map coordinates scale properly. However, in Outlook mobile, while the image may appear scaled using CSS, the image map coordinates do not scale, resulting in incorrect click targets. 

My Template all of a sudden  ould not be updates  All of a sudden, I get this funny error message, but the file exists locally and on the server.    I have deleted it and reloaded a new copy, and get the same thing?  I am now sure what to do next!! The URL is:  http://lilesnet.com/july4th/2025/index.htm     BTW, when I attempt to edit this page using Dreamweaver, I also get "File Deleted" message. Any assistance would be appreciated!! 

I am a long time Dreamweaver user and designed/ built my own website for our company a long time ago... but I am very slow and inefficient at it.  We are now redesigning and building the site since it shows its age and unprofessional origin.  I have a designer chosen and am currently working on the overall look of the homepage (and a few others), but I would like to hire someone else to build it for me.  I would then be able to take over after completion, and as we move forward, I can make adjustments using my own SW (Dreamweaver CS5 Version 11).  Do you guys know where I can go to post this request?[Moderator moved from The Lounge to Dreamweaver support forum​.]

Does Adobe have plans to update Dreamweaver or make a new software to replace it as web page design software? Just wondering if I should just dump Dw and look for something more in-time option. No offence but Dw is starting to drop from the wagon. I've been using Dw since the Macromedia days but now I am in doubt. Last "update" on 2022.. not a good look.

So I cancelled the install and so far I'm in for 20 minutes "Canceling" and I have no Dreamweaver to use to get work I have to do, done.  It's 2025 and Adobe still can't get this right?  Why can't I just download the file and install it manually?  It's bad enough that my Adobe stocks are deep underwater ($400 a share today?),  but I can't even use the program I've had a subscription to for several years... Win11 Enterprise, high powered media production workstation, btw... if that matters. Has anyone managed to  surmount this situation? How did you do it? Thanks. -JW

The update I installed on 05/27/25 gave me hope that Dreamweaver would keep getting updates other than security, but instead it broke it even more: clicking on the design/live panel doesn't always select the corresponding code anymore (it would randomly happen before the update, but that involved it not working at all and having to close/reopen the file to fix it); writing code suddenly starts in one point and jumps into another part of the code panel, so if you're not paying attention to the screen, you will have to go back searching where you started to type to cut and paste what's in the wrong place back there; the help menu doesn't work anymore to submit bugs and to link to Adobe Forums; it caused the beach ball to appear and got unresponsive, and there's no other app that does that on this M1 Macbook Pro. And it still didn't correct one of the things that previous updates broke: select + grab + opt doesn't create a copy of code, there's actually no way to copy code and leave the o