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Christopher Liam Ivey
Inspiring
October 22, 2019
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DreamWeaver CC 19 isn't just slow, it's pants-on-head ret*rded with larger files

  • October 22, 2019
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I'm trying to edit some big .css files, (about 400 KB).  I only have one file open.  If I try to edit text, each keystroke takes between 15 and 30 seconds to register.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions?  It's a new, clean install, and seems to work fine with small files. 

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    Correct answer Christopher Liam Ivey

    That's not my choice, so this is not a helpful reply. I have to work with what I'm given and don't have time to rebuild an entire template system written by heaven only knows who.  I just have to make it work.

     

    For now, I'm using a trial of Sublime Text which seems a little nicer than Notepad ++.  I'd love to use Dreamweaver, since I'm paying for it, but if resolving this isn't simply a matter of changing a setting or making a quick fix, I can't spend any more time on this issue.


    Thanks everyone for your replies, even if this remains unresolved.  I can't see any button to mark this thread as closed, but from my perspective this question is answered.

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    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 22, 2019

    Notepad++ also works well when DW chokes on any given code.

    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 22, 2019

    Any chance there are any structural defects in the code? (You can check it here)

    Newer versions of DW tend to be much more sensitive to code errors than older ones.

    Are you editing the .css file directly, or through the Related Files Bar of a .html file that it's attached to?


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    Christopher Liam IveyAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 22, 2019

    The code is from a commercial template.  It's bulky, but it renders just fine, and very quickly in any browser you choose to test with, with no errors showing in the property inspector.  I am editing the code directly - opening only the .css file.  Searching within the code is really slow, and edits are impossibly slow. 

     

    I'm going to try to download Sublime and Visual Studio Code and give those a whirl.

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    osgood_
    Legend
    October 22, 2019

    A commercial template which needs 400kb of css should be assigned to the bin, regardless of whether DW can handle it or not. In this case its doing you a 'favour', alerting you to bloat, on a huge scale.

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