CS4 and CS6 design views

[AWP64]

When viewing the same index file I see significant differences between the design views of Dreamweaver CS4  and Dreamweaver CS6. The index file was created in CS5. My CS4  displays it correctly while CS6 design view is not even close. The live views are correct with both. 

[MurraySummers]

CS6 is a good deal stricter in its interpretation of your HTML than CS4 was.  Does the page validate?  The easiest way to get a hinky display in CS6 is to throw invalid code at it.  You can use the W3C's validator to determin the validity of the code -

http://validator.w3.org

[AWP64]

The index page is actually a .php file from Lynda.com. A file used in one of their online tutorials involving the editing of WordPress themes/templates in DreamWeaver. The W3C validation comes back as valid for HTML5.

[hen3ry]

I just installed DW CS6.  So far I have not seen any particular issues with Design View being totally different than what I saw in DW CS5 --or radically strange.   I upload and view my pages on the server early and often in my workflow, so I'm not too worried about Design View.  Generally, I view Design View as 1)  a sanity check and 2) a tool which enables me to find particular places I want to add or correct markup,  usually faster than in Code View.  

I may change my mind about CS6 Design View after I get more experience with it.

Specifically about  your "...good deal stricter..." point: 

If invalid code causes no more than a hinky display, I can sort-of live with that, per my comments above.    I'm more concerned with the implied possibility that DW CS6 is more susceptible to becoming internally confused due to invalid

code.  

(I have seen some problems of  "internal confusion"  in earlier DW versions, for example:  deleting characters works correctly, but at some distance from the current cursor position. Or: text entry resulting in a chunk of nearby content

text disappearing, apparently erased.    In most cases, it seems these problems resulted from insufficiently enclosed content.  I could usually un-confuse DW by being more generous with DIVs.)

My concern is this:  I'm pretty sure very few people write perfect code the first time.   During development, enclosure problems seem like a common mishap. It isn't exactly a Class 1 Felony.    If DW CS6 is more susceptible to common missteps during early development, well, ummmm......

[ALsp]

Dreamweaver Design View is a browser facsimile - at best.