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External Images Not Showing in Design View

  • February 2, 2023
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All images (external) are greyed out

DW CC is updated
Related Files/Display External Files is Checked

Rebooted, Checked for Updates
Images do show in Live View - and the links are correct (been using this feature for years)

Usually closing/reopening the program resets but this time the feature is just broken and making it impossible to work. TIA!

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    Switch to LIVE view (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + F11).  Or Preview in real browsers.

     

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    February 2, 2023

    Switch to LIVE view (Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + F11).  Or Preview in real browsers.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      February 3, 2023

      I want to work in Design View with images showing. That's the reason for this post. I already stated it works in Live View so what's the fix and why isn't this feature of 20+ years working? 

      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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      February 3, 2023
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      ...why isn't this feature of 20+ years working? 


      By @NYCInsider

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      Because DESIGN VIEW is not a browser.  It's a throwback viewer to an era before the cloud when everyone used table layouts and had assets on their local computers. 

       

      SOLUTION: Use Live View or move assets to your local computer while editing.

       

      Dreamweaver is in minimal status mode. No new features are planned except security & compatibility updates. 

       

      If DW isn't meeting all your needs, (no single tool can), use other tools alongside it.

       

      CODE EDITORS:
      -- 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.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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