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Garry Maclean
Inspiring
Nov 10, 2021 12:10 PM UTC
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D.W. CS6 - "Preview In Browser" option has disappeared.

Hi there,

I'm a relative novice building a website in Dreamweaver CS 6. However today - for reasons as yet unknown - I have lost the ability to use the "Preview In Browser" option. The option shows as being there and "lights up" so to speak in that it turns from black text to white text but there are no actual browser choices shown.  The "multiscreen preview" works fine and I'm also not aware of anything else having stopped working. To date I have quit DW and restarted, I have also removed existing browser preferences and re-installed new ones but still no sign of the browser options. Not having great D.W. knowledge or experience it's possible I may have deleted something without realising its importance. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.  Many thanks.

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    Garry MacleanCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    Nov 11, 2021 6:15 PM UTC

    Hi Ben,

     

    Many thanks for taking the time to reply - greatly appreciated.

    The issue has now apparently resolved itself and all is now working okay.

     

    Thanks again,

    Kind regards, Garry

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    Nov 10, 2021 7:15 PM UTC

    F12 should bring up the Preview in Browser option.  If it doesn't, your browsers are no longer linked to the app and must be re-selected from your Preferences panel. Edit browser list.

     

    That said, CS6 is outdated software from 2012.  Creative Suite is discontinued & unsupported.  It does not work on macOS Catalina, Big Sur or Monterey.  Nor will it ever be tested on Win 11.

     

    I strongly advise you to get a modern code editor that understands responsive web design and IS compatible with the latest operating systems.

     

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    CODE EDITORS:
    -- Adobe Dreamweaver CC - https://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver.html
    -- Atom (free) - https://atom.io/
    -- Codespaces (free, browser-based) - https://github.com/features/codespaces
    -- Nova (Mac only, formerly called Coda) - https://nova.app/
    -- Pinegrow - https://pinegrow.com/
    -- Sublime Text - http://www.sublimetext.com/
    -- Visual Studio Code (free) - https://code.visualstudio.com/
    -- Wappler ~ Visual Web App Builder - https://wappler.io/

    Hope that helps.

     

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    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      Ben MCommunity Expert
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      Nov 10, 2021 1:45 PM UTC

      Have you tried resetting preferences: https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html ? Also what OS are you using and has anything changed on your system recently? You may also need to consider re-installing.

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        Garry MacleanAuthorCorrect answer
        Inspiring
        Nov 11, 2021 6:15 PM UTC

        Hi Ben,

         

        Many thanks for taking the time to reply - greatly appreciated.

        The issue has now apparently resolved itself and all is now working okay.

         

        Thanks again,

        Kind regards, Garry

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