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tatty27_
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December 26, 2016
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CSS Quick Edit not fully functioning

Usually right clicking and selecting 'Quick Edit' or pressing cmd + e will reveal the CSS quick edit window at least once but more often than not it will not work on the same page more than a couple of times.  No error messages etc, it just doesn't do anything when it is clicked.  I can go to another page and it will be working on that page but if I return to the page I was working on it will not work until I close it and reopen it.

I have never managed to get the 'New Rule' button to work on an element that doesn't already have any css rules associated with it.

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Nancy OShea
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December 26, 2016

Go to Help > Submit Bug/Feature Request.

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tatty27_Author
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December 26, 2016

Thanks, I'm new to this forum and didn't know that option was there.  When I did go to that page I found someone else had reported the same thing so I voted for it.

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    osgood_
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    December 27, 2016

    tatty27! wrote:

    Thanks, I'm new to this forum and didn't know that option was there. When I did go to that page I found someone else had reported the same thing so I voted for it.

    If youre a coder, it doesn't sound like it, the 'new rule' feature would not be important to you at all - it creates a poor workflow in the css file as all it does is create a new css selector at the end of the css file, in no order at all. IF for any reason in the future you decide to 'become' a coder, change your editor or get tired of the slowness of the css panel your stylesheet will resemble a 'train wreck'.

    Experienced developers will always group the css styles together for ease of maintenance in any situation which is called for.

    Having said that the 'quick edit' part is  a nice little addition.

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      tatty27_Author
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      December 27, 2016

      Why would reporting that the software I use for coding has a bug in it mean I'm not a coder?

      I am a coder and have been for several years.  Yes, it is easier and cleaner to keep CSS styles together but I also expect the software that I pay a lot of money for to work correctly.  That is what is important.

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        Nancy OShea
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        December 26, 2016

        cmd + e will reveal the CSS quick edit window at least once but more often than not it will not work on the same page more than a couple of times.

        I cannot reproduce the Quick Edit problem on my end.   It works fine for me in  valid HTML and PHP files.

        I'm on CC 2017.1 (latest patch), Win10-64 bit.

        Nancy

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        tatty27_Author
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        December 26, 2016

        I'm using 2017.0.1 on a iMac (MacOS 10.12.2) and I have just tried again and still not working correctly and still can't create a new CSS rule for an element that doesn't already have any rules.

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        Nancy OShea
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        December 26, 2016

        Go to Help > Submit Bug/Feature Request.

        Nancy

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