Linking Pick-Whip [drag & drop animation in Catalina] not working?

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February 25, 2021
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Ever since I upgraded from my 2012 Mac Pro to the current 2019 Mac Pro running Catalina last July, the pick-whip animation line no longer appears? Dragging from the @ symbol to the file I want to link works, but I have to make sure the cursor is right over the target as the squiggly line no longer appears?

I am running Catalina 10.15.7 currently. The Pick-Whip animation works on my 2015 MacBook Pro with the same version of Catalina, just not the Mac Pro... any ideas?

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Jon Fritz

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OP, are you talking about this animation, when clicking and dragging the Point To File icon in the Properties window?

I'm on Windows 10, and it works but just barely, there is a lot of corruption in the animation for me as you can see in the screenshot above.

Have you tried Restoring Preferences yet?

That tends to clear up a lot of odd happenings in DW.

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johnd59898678Author

Inspiring

Yes, that is the animation line I am referring to. Mine does not appear at all on my Mac Pro, but works fine on my Macbook Pro.

I suspect there "may"be a compatibility problem with the w5700x GPU and Adobe software in general as lots of us with that hardware configuration have had lots of problems with AI, InDesign, Acrobat and even Photoshp crashing. Apple says it is Adobe and vica-versa.

I tried Restoring Prefs in DW - no change. The linking works, jusy no visual indication.

Jon Fritz

Community Expert

Unfortunately, that may be one of those handy but "low priority to keep it working" functions when it comes to hardware issues and new OS problems.

I would definitely report it using the Submit Bug/Feature Request option in your DW Help menu.

At least then it would get in front of the Dev team and allow other users to upvote the issue if they're also seeing it. If enough people are having the same problem, that would help get it moved closer to the front of the bug-fix pile for the next release.

BenPleysier

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Are you sure that this is a Dreamweaver related issue?

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johnd59898678Author

Inspiring

Not sure what else it would be. I know the new Mac Pro I have has a w5700x GPU and I have had lots of trouble with other Adobe apps crashing (usually on launch) - AI, InDesign & Acrobat in particular. The usual Apple blames Adobe and vice versa.

Everything else inside DW seems to be working fine.

BenPleysier

Community Expert

I always thought that `Pick Whip` belonged to After Effects. Just goes to show, never too old to learn. Now I just need to know where the tool is located in Dreamweaver. Perhaps @436298_OShea can assist.

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