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March 24, 2018
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Design View in Dreamweaver - best display (setting question)

  • March 24, 2018
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I recently had a crash on my computer and re-installed Dreamweaver (fresh install) on my new computer.
I feel like it has been forever and I can't seem to remember if there is a specific setting for this...

So now that I have a fresh install on a new computer that has never had the CS software on it, whenever I open up Dreamweaver, the Design View does NOT look like a true WYSIWYG! ... can anyone quickly help me find the setting or whatever I am missing?  Yes, I am desperate!

Below is an example of what my .html files look like whenever I open them:

and my right side panel just in case for reference:

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    Nothing... it really doesn't change the view.  It still looks non-wysiwyg. 


    As I said before, your CSS is not displaying.  

    Are you in a defined local site folder?

    Can you show us your code?

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    Kratika AgarwalCommunity Manager
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    March 26, 2018

    Hi,

    Thanks for reporting.

    Could you please share the crash logs with us so that we can look into it.

    Thanks

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 24, 2018

    Which OS & version of DW do you have?

    It looks like an unstyled document.  So the link to CSS is probably broken.

    Did you validate code & fix reported errors?

    CSS - http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/

    HTML - http://validator.w3.org/

    HTML5 - https://validator.w3.org/nu/

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    tinap21688624Author
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    April 3, 2018

    I have CS6 version 12.0.  I had to do a fresh install on a brand new computer, since hardware on my last computer went bad.  So essentially right out of install, I can't get it to look like I did when I had it on my old computer - true WYSIWYG in Design View.
    I imagine it is a setting that I need to fix?

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 3, 2018

    Click on Live view.  What do you see?

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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