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mistershortcut
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Dec 12, 2018 8:45 AM UTC
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Insert the unicode character for a non-breaking space instead of the html entity "& nbsp"

I use the latest version of macOS Mojave and the localized german version of DW 2019.

Which config file do I have to edit, when I want to change the behaviour of CMD+SHIFT+SPACE in the code and design view?

Standard behaviour:  & n b s p ; (spaces only for this forum posting)
I wish to get the unicode character " "

Why do I like to change the behaviour?
The readability of source code is a lot better, with less entities.

What did I try?

I edited

/Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2019/Configuration/Objects/Characters/NBSP.htm

var nbspChar = "&nbsp";

to

var nbspChar = " ";

I has no effect to CMD+SHIFT+SPACE

Thanks for your help.

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    Preran
    PreranCorrect answer
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    Dec 18, 2018 1:37 PM UTC

    I checked with the team, and it is in their backlog. I suggest using this link Adobe Dreamweaver CC: Feature Ideas​ to create a feature request. I am guessing that they require more traction on this request before they proceed.

    Thanks,

    Preran

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    mistershortcutAuthor
    Known Participant
    Dec 17, 2018 5:00 PM UTC

    I found a nice workaround for the task, which is a solution at the same time for other replacements as well.

    But Preran, I'm still interested in your feedback

    It is a very old script for DW of the year 2004.

    But it still works fine in DW 2019.

    I'm not a programmer, so if anyone thinks "Oh what a bad code, I show you a better one." please feel free.

    The script:

    ***

    <!DOCTYPE HTML SYSTEM "-//Macromedia//DWExtension layout-engine 5.0//dialog">

    <!-- MENU-LOCATION=NONE -->

    <!--

    Author: Danilo Celic

    Usage:

    Save this file "replace_beforeSave.htm" in that directory:

    ""~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CC 2019/de_DE/Configuration/Commands/replace_beforeSave.htm"

    Attention!

    Don't change the second part of the name behind the "_".

    That part causes the script beeing executed before the file is saved.

    Complete path to the file "dwscripts.js":

    "/Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2019/configuration/Shared/Common/Scripts/dwscripts.js"

    -->

    <html>

    <head>

    <meta charset="utf-8" />

    <title></title>

    <script src="../Shared/Common/Scripts/dwscripts.js"></script>

    <script>

    function canAcceptCommand(){

        return true;

    }

    function getFileName(url) {

      var index = url.lastIndexOf('/');

      if (index != -1) retVal = url.substring(index + 1);

      else retVal = url;

      return retVal;

    }

    function runCmd(){

        var dom = dw.getDocumentDOM();

        dom.synchronizeDocument();

        var path = dw.getDocumentPath('document');

        if(getFileName(path) != 'replace_beforeSave.htm'){

            var docEl = dom.documentElement;

            var tempDoc = docEl.outerHTML;

           

    // Replace

            tempDoc = tempDoc.replace(/ /g,' ');

            tempDoc = tempDoc.replace(/&quot;/g,'"');

       

            docEl.outerHTML = tempDoc;

        }   

    }

    </script>

    </head>

    <body onload="runCmd();">

    </body>

    </html>

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    Preran
    PreranCorrect answer
    Legend
    Dec 18, 2018 1:37 PM UTC
    I checked with the team, and it is in their backlog. I suggest using this link Adobe Dreamweaver CC: Feature Ideas​ to create a feature request. I am guessing that they require more traction on this request before they proceed.
    Thanks,
    Preran 
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    mistershortcutAuthor
    Known Participant
    Dec 18, 2018 2:07 PM UTC
    Thanks a lot Preran, that's really nice from you.
    And it makes me happy, when we users can contribute some ideas to make DW a little better.
    Best Regards.
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    mistershortcutAuthor
    Known Participant
    Dec 12, 2018 2:16 PM UTC
    The software of the forum changed the original subject of the first posting, probably because it contains an entity.
    Now the meaning of the subject cannot be understood.
    @Moderator
    Because I'm not allowed to change the subject, please be so kind to change it to:
    DW 2019 on macOS: [Non breaking space] Insert the unicode character " " (U+00A0) instead of the entity "& n b s p ;" with CMD+SHIFT+SPACE
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    Paul-M
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    Dec 12, 2018 12:06 PM UTC
    As Brackets is the code editor in Dreamweaver you could try this extension to 'visualise' non breaking spaces and tabs in code view:
    GitHub - DennisKehrig/brackets-show-whitespace: Show Indentations in Brackets 
    I'm a windows user and would copy the Brackets extension folder to path:
    C:\Users\paulm\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CC 2019\en_US\Configuration\Brackets\extensions\user\
    So you need the equivalent on Mac.
    You may need to edit the main,js file in the extension folder and change the shortcut key assigned to activate/deactivate it to one which is available
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    mistershortcutAuthor
    Known Participant
    Dec 12, 2018 1:55 PM UTC
    @Energize
    Thanks for your help :-)
    Your answer refers to my other question
    Re: DW 2019 on macOS: How to make a unicode character of a non breaking space visible? 
    about visualization.
    Ben blocked it and I asked him to reopen it.
    Please, Ben, move the answer from Energize and my reply to that thread, too.
    I found the equivalent folder on macOS:/Users/peter/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver CC 2019/de_DE/Configuration/Brackets/extensions/user
    It worked fine.
    Now I the "non breaking spaces" are visualized in the code view as a red dot.
    But they are still not visualiszed in the design view.
    Is that posible too?
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    Paul-M
    Legend
    Dec 12, 2018 3:07 PM UTC
    Design view is an old component of Dreamweaver that Adobe stopped developing a few years back , I can't help you with that issue I'm afraid.
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