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November 3, 2016
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(DW CC 2017) Disable Real-Time preview... conflict with MAMP

  • November 3, 2016
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Hello,

I'd like to disable the Real-Time preview in the new DW CC 2017 because not allow to open the webpages with custom urls of MAMP.

Now when use the keyboard alt/command-f12 shortcut, all the pages in the browser has the wrong url "http://127.0.0.1:62370/" instead of the "web url" indicate in the "Site Setup" for testing server (ex. http://weblocal.mydomain.com).

How to disable it?

Thanks.

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    Correct answer Prashanth Nethi

    Sorry for the inconvinence. Though the address in the browser is pointing to 127.0.0.1,  the content is getting served from the actual server if any.  Actually we are loading all of the content from any testing server, if defined, in an iframe that is embedded inside the HTML that is being served from 127.0.0.1.

    chrishuffman​ and everyone who i facing the issue with local preview. are you having any difficulty getting the preview right ?

    you could get the legacy preview by selecting  file in the files panel -> right click on the Selected file -> choose Open in browser option. Also this is available in the context menu of the document tab.

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    chrisw54305078
    chrisw54305078
    Participant
    March 16, 2018

    I seem to have found a solution to the keyboard shortcut issue, at least in Dreamweaver 2018, which I just upgraded to.  To get this to work, you first have to preview the file in a browser (the old-fashioned way.) . As mentioned by others, you do this by right-clicking on the file in the file browser or on the file name tab in the document window.  It seems that if you keep this tab open in your browser, when you hit F12 going forward, it will open the file with your testing browser URL in a new tab, not the real-time preview URL.  I've only just stumbled across this, so I'm not sure how constantly this works, but it seems to do the trick. 

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    zuhloobie
    Participating Frequently
    July 21, 2017

    The 'right-click-open-in-browser' work around is "okay" (*groan*), but you cannot do this method if you select any of the options under Window > Arrange.

    :/

    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 21, 2017

    The option is also available if you right click the filename from the list in the Files window.

    It needs to be user-definable option in the Preferences.

    Something like a pair of radio buttons...

    Select default preview method:
         o - Live Preview
         • - Open in Browser

    Then, whenever you hit F12, the selection you make is what the page opens with.

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      zuhloobie
      Participating Frequently
      July 21, 2017

      Thanks - that's a good, additional workaround.

      +1 for your suggestion as well.

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      leh1601576
      Participant
      June 23, 2017

      Very annoying indeed.

      Please try this, 100% fix

      Close the tab of the page you want to launch in DreamWeaver before opening it in Browser

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      johnh30808547
      Participant
      May 24, 2017

      Is there any way to manually override or reassign F12 back to it's normal behavior of opening the actual url in your set browser of choice? PLEASE get rid of this new annoying and useless "feature" of opening a copy of the local files through localhost!!! GIVE ME BACK F12!!! I've been using Dreamweaver since Macromedia introduced it and I have to say, without F12 to automatically upload my code and open that actual code from the server in the browser, I might as well be using Notepad and sFTP. This change renders Dreamweaver absolutely useless!

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      alexllanes
      Participating Frequently
      May 11, 2017

      So, in the newer version I have to do extra steps to do something that I was able to do with one click of the keyboard?. Where's the improvements in UX design in that?, I'm now stuck with the 'better' way of previewing files?.... lame.

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 11, 2017

      Right-click is so reflexive for me, I don't even think about it.

      Nancy

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      alexllanes
      Participating Frequently
      June 16, 2017

      Right click where?, you mean outside DW in Windows Explorer?, yeah I do that too now but it's lame that I could do that inside DW with the press of a button...

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      erica55205969
      Participant
      May 5, 2017

      Hi,

      I found a way.

      Instead of creating a website, in "manage websites", copy from an old one (one where F12 was working) and tadaa!

      F12 is back on tracks. (for me it's working)

      Best,

      Eric

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 5, 2017

      Instead of creating a website, in "manage websites", copy from an old one (one where F12 was working) and tadaa!

      I don't know what all this means exactly.  But a simple right-click on an open tab works fine for me.  No secret sauce, no hocus pocus.

      Nancy

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      mopi123456
      Participant
      May 10, 2017

      OR LEFT CLICK on file name ("untitled" like above)  and just after  F12

      randym17413026
      randym17413026
      Participant
      February 4, 2017

      This is really screwy, on older pages that I created the live preview in a browser works after a fashion.

      On new pages created with the current version it gives me an error 404 page not found. If you go into the browser edit section you can assign F12 to one browser and ctl F12 to a second by selecting them as your primary and secondary browsers, then check the preview using a temporary file box.

      Now when you hit F12 it will bring the page up in a browser the down side is every time you hit F12 it will open a new browser Tab rather than just updating the one that was already open, but hey it is a little less of a PIA than some of the other options..

      Randy

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      software@openmoves.com
      Participant
      December 15, 2016

      I am really having an issue with updated grpahics not previewing. I work on html email and have depended on browser preview before testing, if updating graphics can't be preivewed correctly this is a major set back. The only thing that is working is opening each image in a new tab closing out my preview and previewing again. This is ridiculous. Are they working ona a fix?

      Nancy OShea
      Community Expert
      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 15, 2016

      To access the old Preview in Browser, right-click on open document tab or a file in your Files Panel.

      Select Open in Browser > Do not hit F12.

      Refresh your browser with Ctrl+R or F5.

      Nancy

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      Winginsue
      Winginsue
      Inspiring
      December 17, 2016

      Sorry Nancy, that is not an acceptable work around.  Having to right click on the open document tab and selecting Preview in Browser is a hassle.  Additionally, when you do that it shows right there on the menu that the F12 is a shortcut.  This is a bug and needs to be fixed.  F12 has worked for YEARS and it needs to be resolved.

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      dougm16560577
      Participating Frequently
      December 8, 2016

      I'm running XAMPP on windows and before I upgraded to DW 2017 my F12 key worked perfectly fine with my 127.0.0.1 loopback address. I often work with PHP files and the preview tool is not working. Instead of the proper address "http://127.0.0.1/xampp/" i get this garbage "http://127.0.0.1:51285/preview/app/index.html". I should have never upgraded.

      Jon Fritz
      Community Expert
      Jon FritzCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 8, 2016

      When you right click the file name in either the Document Window (the file name tab) or within the Files window and choose "Open in Browser" does it function correctly?

      Given all of the problems in CC2017: https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/known-issues-dreamweaver-cc-2017.html it may be better in the short term to roll back to CC2015: http://blogs.adobe.com/adobecare/2015/06/16/how-to-find-and-install-previous-version-of-adobe-apps-in-cc-2015/ until the first batch of patches come out for the new programs.

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      southernroutes
      Participating Frequently
      November 22, 2016

      Adobe (management) seems more concerned with trying to get us to buy their stock photography than fixing their broken software. I feel sorry for those devs. Releasing something this buggy, it has to be a toxic environment to work in day after day.

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