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mindmastery
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May 13, 2019
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Re: Live View doesn't work [Branched from Dreamweaver 19.1 is now live]

  • May 13, 2019
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Live View doesnt work for some reason, even though I have set Chrome as my default browser for it in preferences.  It refuses to leave Design View.

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    May 13, 2019

    Live View is not  Real-Time Preview or Open in Browser. 

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    mindmastery
    mindmasteryAuthor
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    May 14, 2019

    Thanks Nancy - I hadnt used that before, though it doesn't work for me for some reason, as it gives the error "You tried to access an external HTML page, which can not be opened on the device for preview. Open the page in Dreamweaver to preview the page on the device".

    But what I normally do is click Design at the top, and then choose Live.  That always worked great in the previous version, but doesnt work at all now.  Not being a strong coder I rely on the Design Live view a lot.   If I cant get it to work I would prefer to roll back to the previous version, if that's even possible..

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    May 14, 2019

    I don't think it's a version problem.

    • Did you define a local site folder for your project?   Site > New Site
    • Did you check your code for errors?   Window > Results > Validation.

    Live / Design view is very picky about code errors.

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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