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February 11, 2020
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Selecting Lines of code in Dreamweaver 2020

  • February 11, 2020
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Hi,

In the newer versions of Dreamweaver the basic task of selecting lines of code has changed. Unlike previously, selecting a line number in code view & then shift clicking another line number of code below does not select that chunk of code & no combinations of modifier keys works to select the code, aside from selecting a line number & dragging down nothing I can figure out works to that effect, Does anyone know how I might select multiple lines of code in code view without having to scroll. Scrolling tends to crash my machine. Thanks.

 

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Correct answer Jon Fritz

I think what you're seeing is the difference between DW's old code view engine and the new Brackets implementation. A few other relatively basic operations were lost/changed when the new program was brought into DW.

 

Instead of clicking the line number, click the first insertion point in the actual code for that line, then shift click an insertion point after the last character you want selected in the last line of code.

The older versions of DW (2015 and earlier) would select the code block either way. The new ones appear to only allow the use of insertion points and not the line numbers (at least 2019 and 2020, but likely back to 2017 when Brackets was added).

 

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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February 11, 2020

Just to make sure I'm understanding the question.  I have an open document with line numbers displayed from Code view options.   I click on 57, Ctrl+click on 58 and Ctrl+click on 59.  Result: All 3 blocks of code are highlighted (see screenshot).

 

 

If it matters, I'm on Win10 (1903 update).  Split with Live view.  My document is error free as denoted by the green checkmark in a circle. 

 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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Doormats & MoreAuthor
Inspiring
February 12, 2020

Thank You.

I am refereing to something similar but a bit different. If I select a line of code say line 200 & then scroll to Shift Click line 300 previously that entire block of code would be selected, now that behavior is different, clicking 200 & then shift clicking on 300 does not select the entire chunk. In the case of shift clicking only 300 would then be highlighted, not 200 Thru 300. I have tried various combinations of modifier keys to no avail.

Jon Fritz
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Jon FritzCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 12, 2020

I think what you're seeing is the difference between DW's old code view engine and the new Brackets implementation. A few other relatively basic operations were lost/changed when the new program was brought into DW.

 

Instead of clicking the line number, click the first insertion point in the actual code for that line, then shift click an insertion point after the last character you want selected in the last line of code.

The older versions of DW (2015 and earlier) would select the code block either way. The new ones appear to only allow the use of insertion points and not the line numbers (at least 2019 and 2020, but likely back to 2017 when Brackets was added).

 

    Jon Fritz
    Community Expert
    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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    February 11, 2020

    I am not seeing this issue DW 20.0 Build 15196 under Windows 10.

    When I hit Shift + Click in Code View, it correctly highlights the block of code.


    It may help to restore preferences, that will catch a lot of odd behavior in DW: https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html



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    Doormats & MoreAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 11, 2020

    Thank you, I tried restoring my preferences but that did not work. Still same issue with selecting lines of code.

    Jon Fritz
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    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 11, 2020

    It's possible, though admittedly relatively unlikely, that the code erros on that page are confusing DW past the point of operating correctly.

    Find the errors that are causing your code coloring to go sideways, repair them, and see if that doesn't bring code view back in line when you Shift + Click.

    Go to http://validator.w3.org/nu to get a listing.

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