The select parent tag function in dreamweaver is not working for me even if I use shortcut code

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February 27, 2020
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The select parent tag function in dreamweaver is not working for me even if I use shortcut code. I've spent quite a bit of time going through all of the preferences and reading articles on changing colors for coding etc. So 3 hours later, here I am begging for help. Without the ability to see where my Divs open and close, I can't troubleshoot my page. I think this is a tech support issue, but is there no way to contact Adobe tech support? I sure couldn't find one. Their links are circular and just bring you to the same 3 pages over and over.

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Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I have no trouble selecting parent tag from the Common Toolbar.

It works for me even with a document containing minor code errors. See screenshot.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

bartolinidezincoAuthor

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Hi Nancy,

Thanks for responding. After a couple of relaunches, it is now working the way it should - selecting the open and close tags with everything in between. It just wasn't working before.

The other thing that troubles me is - Dreamweaver used to highlight the opposite tag. For example, when clicking on <div>, you could scroll down and find that </div> was also highlighted. And vice versa. My DW doesn't do that anymore. I'm using the latest version of DW CC. All of my apps auto update.

Thanks,

Rosemary

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I'm using a Brackets theme called RubyBlue from Github. When I click inside a <p> tag for example, the matching </p> tag is also highlighted as shown in this screenshot.

If matching tag highlighting is not working, try a different code theme from Preferences > Interface.

When all else fails, Restore Preferences.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Which version of DW and which operating system?

For questions about product usage, these user-to-user forums really are your best resource 24/7. Questions are usually resolved in a couple of hours, not days or weeks as is sometimes the case with tech support.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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