Live View Options Issue in Dreamweaver 21.8

Forum|Forum|21 days ago
June 17, 2026
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I just upgraded to DreamWeaver 21.8. I am on macOS 26.5.1 Tahoe.

I work in Split View with Code-Live View.

Sometimes when I click on a line with a link in the Live View, instead of taking me to the spot in the Code with that link, it suddenly replaces my page with the code from the website that is used in the link. The only way I can go back to my code is to close the file and reopen it, which means I lose any unsaved changes.

According to a Google site, I can stop this from happening by going to View > Live View Options and turn off any options that refer to following links. They are both already unchecked already!

How do I make this stop? It is driving me insane.

Please advise.

Thank you.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

How do I make this stop? It is driving me insane.

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Try switching from LIVE to DESIGN View while editing.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Blanche01Author

Participant

I am single clicking with no extra keys held down.

I just tested, and if Ih old down the Command Key on Mac and click, it navigates to the code for the linked page. Maybe it is a bug that it occasionally does that without the Command Key being held down?

Blanche01Author

Participant

It has only been happening since I updated to 21.8.

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L e n a

Community Expert

If the Live View link-following options are already unchecked, then replacing the current document with the linked page source does not sound like the expected behaviour.

Could you confirm whether this happens with both HTML and PHP files, or only with one type of document?

It would also help to know whether the link is internal to the local site or an external URL.

So far, this does not seem to reproduce in the same way on Windows, so the macOS 26.5.1 / Dreamweaver 21.8 combination may be relevant.

If you can reproduce it with a small test file, it would be worth reporting with those details.

Blanche01Author

Participant

It happens only HTML files. I rarely modify PHP files.

They are HTML files I build for email blasts. The links are external URLs.

It is happening on multiple files with different links.

Here is a sample line of code from which I removed the actual link:

<p style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:19px; font-weight:bold; color:#8A2A2A; margin:12px 0 4px 0;">
→ <a href="[LINK]" target="_blank" style="color:#8A2A2A; text-decoration:underline; font-family:'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:19px; font-weight:bold;">Schedule your complimentary strategy session</a>
</p>

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L e n a

Community Expert

I tested the HTML fragment you posted in a local Dreamweaver site, using a real external URL in the href.

In Live View, a double-click on the link selects/edits the link and opens the HUB editing UI.
Using (Ctrl-click windows, so probably cmd on macOS) to follow the link does navigate to the linked page
Also, Alt-click on the element opens Code View if needed and highlights the corresponding code section.

It works as expected… at least on windows… Could you confirm that that doesn't work for you since 21.8 MacOs ?

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