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Brazzell MA
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March 8, 2017
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Red X that used to be in the Dreamweaver top menu

  • March 8, 2017
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I need the red x that has been removed from the top of the Dreamweaver menu. In older versions of Dreamweaver, sometimes I would highlight text in live view, but the corresponding code in code view would not be highlighted automatically. I could click that red x at the top which seemingly stopped Dreamweaver from doing whatever background task it was focusing on and alerted Dreamweaver that I needed it to focus on the task I was doing. After clicking the red x, highlighting text in Live View would then find the corresponding code in code view for me. In the current version of Dreamweaver, I have the same problem of  Dreamweaver refusing to find corresponding code, but no red x button to push. How to I get that button back or otherwise get Dreamweaver to focus on the fact that I want it to highlight the code corresponding to the area I am selecting in live view?

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BenPleysier
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BenPleysierCommunity Expert
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March 8, 2017

Is this what you want?

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Brazzell MAAuthor
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March 8, 2017

I'm not exactly sure either. I never gave it much thought until it was gone after one update. I think the red x may have been contextual. If Dreamweaver was churning away at something, the ability to stop it appeared at the top. So my selection wasn't working right, I would just look up, see the red x, click it, and all was well. Now I'm just stuck with that selection feature not working.

The code iof the website I am in now is definitely full of little errors. The website is pretty old in website years, and I inherited it form another designer who made a mess. The client has not authorized hours of code cleaning, so clearing that potential source of the problem may not be on the table.

Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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March 8, 2017

When the site becomes impossible to work with due to code errors, it's time for a change.  Either the code goes or the client goes . 

Nancy

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Jon Fritz
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Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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March 8, 2017

I'm not sure what "red x" you're talking about.

Like Nancy, I don't have any issues with the corresponding code highlighting (and moving to the highlighted code in Code View) when an item is selected in Live View.

It could be a structual defect in your HTML is confusing DW. Newer versions of DW are much more finicky than they were in the past when it comes to clean/valid code. Many of the functions require the code to be free of structural defects in order to work correctly.

You can run validation from File > Validate > Current Document (W3C)

or go to...

http://validator.w3.org/nu

...to get a listing of any problems in your html. Cleaning them up should bring DW back in line when it comes to highlighting code from Live View selections.

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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    March 8, 2017

    Sorry, but I don't get it.   Everything is immediately highlighted for me in CC 2017.01.   Below, I double click in Live View and the code is highlighted. 

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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