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Live view not working

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
February 11, 2021
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Hi,

I've just started out with Dreamweaver 21.1 on the latest update of Windows 10 x64, but I've been having an issue with getting live view to work. I've repeatedly tried the Ctrl+Alt+H shortcut but nothing is happening. I'm unable to select bootstrap elements in the live view window or see the property inspector at all. I needed to do a fresh install using the Adobe cleaner tool for a different problem and the issue was present then as well so I don't think it's an installation issue. I'm very new to this so it's probably something super obvious, but I just can't figure it.

Thanks for any help.

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Nancy OShea

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Ctrl + Alt + H is neither a Windows nor DW standard shortcut. Instead, toggle view between Live/Design with Ctrl + Shift + F11.

Also please ensure your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements to run Creative Cloud + OS + all other apps you use. Check each one.
- https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

Last but not least, you need a computer user profile with administrative level permissions and read/write access to files on your primary hard drive where CC apps and local site folders reside.

Now back to the impeachment trial...

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Jon Fritz

Community Expert

Ctrl + Alt + H is assigend by default to the Hide Live View Displays toggle. The OP isn't having issues going from Live to Design, they're having problems getting the Live View Displays to show up in the BS navbar, which should be there...

There appears to be a is a glitch in the Keyboard Shortcuts management window of the latest version of DW, where it doesn't recognize that particular Vulcan Neckpinch is already set. When you look at the menu option while using DW's default Keyboard Shortcuts, Ctrl + Alt + H is there...

@liminal_wave,

Have you restarted the machine since installing the newest version of the program? If not, give that a shot too. Sometimes weird things will happen if you just start working without restarting.

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liminal_waveAuthor

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Yeah, I've pretty much tried everything at this point. I think it's a wider issue with my Windows 10 installation. I tried a corrective reinstall to fix any possible problems and it's still the same. I even tried installing DW on my media centre PC and Live View displays worked perfectly there. Maddening.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Restart your computer. Refer to screenshot below.

1. DW doesn't like code errors. Are you working with an error-free HTML document as denoted by a green checkmark in a circle?

Window > Results > Validation. Click the triangle to check document.

2. Properties Panel is also in the Window menu (Ctrl+F3).

3. Go to Window > Toolbars > Document. The Document Toolbar has both Design and Live view in a drop list.

Design is usually quicker for light edits while Live is slower but gives more accurate rendering of CSS styles.
Save work often with Ctrl/Cmd + S. Use F5 to refresh your screen.
To edit from Live view, click anywhere in the Live view panel until you see a gold box around the element.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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liminal_waveAuthor

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All I've done is add a bootstrap navbar to an empty page so I don't think it's a code error. I am in live view as you can see here.

I'm simply unable to select any of the navbar elements and produce the gold bar or property panel. Live view seems to be acting as if it's been switched off using Ctrl-Alt-H like I mentioned before. I just can't switch it back on again.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Unless you disable scripts, navbar elements are not directly editable.

For best results, apply navar changes in code panel or switch to Design view from Document Toolbar.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Jon Fritz

Community Expert

Are you 100% sure you are in Live View and not Design?

Ctrl + Alt + H doesn't do anything in Design View.

Go to Window > Toolbars and verify you have Document checked.

In the Document Toolbar, verify you have it set to Live (click the small triangle for a dropdown of Design and Live)...

Also verify you are working with clean/valid code. Live View breaks easily if something goes wrong in the source code. Visit http://validator.w3.org/nu to get a listing of any possible errors in your page. The big ones to look for are unclosed tag errors.

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