css copy paste problem in Dreamweaver CS4

This is my first report in this topic although I am constantly monitoring it.

Let me say in one word: Every day I work with DW I think I am going to cry or throw away my computer. This bug is so frustrating I can not tell you how I feel.

No matter what I clear, what I do, which mode DW is on...

Trying to copy one line and copies whole paragraph or even worse, trying to paste somewhere and whole paragraph gets erased with pasted text. Sometimes I don't notice immediately...

I have 3 monitor setup but I work on DW only on middle one. The only thing that "fixes" this is to click on the left monitor before copy or paste. EVERY TIME, as this bug is present almost on every copy/paste I do in source. And I am programmer, I do a lot of copy/paste.

I paid so much for this product. The CS3 didn't have this. And now nobody cares. And it is so hard to work this way :-(

I really think I'm gonna cry one dan becuase it is not 1 or 5 times a day this happens to me, it is every minute :-( And I have many behaviours and bought extensions I can not just abandon DW. But working this way is so bad. Sometimes I think I'm going to puke one day.

If Adobe is listening, which they obviously are not. HELP UP.

I was official betatester for Macromedia products inc. Dreamweaver and Fireworks. In those days, this product would not have been released, not with me on a betatester team. I fought for such bugs.

I am sorry Adobe swallowed Macromedia, they at least listened.

Yours

Jerry

Has this problem been fixed yet?  I just got it, and it is ANNOYING!!!!   Pretty pathetic that Adobe, who I have always respected, has not fixed it yet.

Having a problem in CS4 when I want to copy and paste things in my stylesheet. Whenever I do ctrl +c to select a something the whole stylesheet gets selected. And that is not what I want. Even is I want to copy something from an other css into the css I am working on it won't do the job. Anyone having the same problem and found a solution?

I have been researching this problem.

Description:

Opening a file in Code View after the Code Inspector has been opened during the current DW session causes blocks of content to be auto-selected when navigating file using keyboard or copying. Closing the Code Inspector does not solve problem because DW keeps it open in memory until DW is shutdown.

Workaround:

Change selection to another panel or document, and then back to Code View.

Note that closing and re-opening the original page causes the problem again.

Hope this helps,

Randy Edmunds

Dreamweaver Development

Adobe Systems, Inc.

I am still having this problem.

I don't see the issue answered in this thread.

Has the thread moved elsewhere?

Does anyone have a solution?

same issues in all code view regardless of file type.  CSS, CFM, PHP, HTML, etc...

the only workaround i have found is to tap the Alt key sometimes 1 time or 3 times after I have selected something.

then the selection turns gray from blue and what you copy is what you paste, of course you have to tap the Alt key before you paster or you will get unexpected paste results.

what a workflow disruptor, I curse it so much, co-workers think I have Turrettes Syndrome.

and please change this so it is not marked as answered, it isn't and it is enough of an annoyance, I am looking for/at other IDEs

i am surprised that there isn't much more uproar about this than there is...

Actually, Paste Special only seems to work when I paste from another application, not from within DW.

I am having a similar issue (in HTML, PHP and JS files) and have been using PHP in my files as well. Not sure if that's when it started. But, I have been able to use Paste Special to paste text into my code in Dreamweaver CS4.

Well, I have the same problem and am looking hard for a solution. So far none found. This problem is not related to CSS only. When I develop PHP scripts, I get the same.

Testcase 1

I tried to reproduce the bug with the following code in a file:

<?php
function some_function($str)
{
    // just a comment
}
?>

When I open the file and try to select and copy the function name (some_function), the whole page gets selected. I tried to select with double click and click and drag, both with the same bug. Also tried to copy with CTRL + C and copy command from context menu, also with same bug result.

But, when I open the file and type something random somewhere and the try to copy the function name. All goes as planned.

Testcase 2

<?php
function some_function($str)
{
    // just a comment
}

?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Tried the same as in testcase 1 (select and copy name of function), this time not the whole doc gets selected, but only the PHP part (from <?php to ?>). Also tried to copy the <html> tag, but fails.

Testcase 3

<?php
function some_function($str)
{
    // just a comment
}
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
<?
function another_function()
{
}
?>

This case got some other weird bug. When I click after the last ?> (at the end of the document) and try to select all using CTRL + A, nothing gets selected. When I click inside a PHP code block and press CTRL + A, only that PHP code block gets selected, instead of the whole document.

Also when I click after the </html> tag and press the arrow down key on the keyboard (to place the cursor before <?), the whole PHP code block is selected. When I try to copy this selection, it works.

Hope someone at Adobe can reproduce and identify the bug with above information.

Cheers, Roel

I too am experiencing this issue, and it looks like I am not alone. I too am using DW CS4, Vista 64-bit, with dual monitors. Others' descriptions of the bug are close to or mirror my own.

While this thread has not yet identified a specific series of actions to reproduce the bug, that doesn't mean that one doesn't exist, and meanwhile we have identified many similarities among users who do experience the bug:

1. DW CS4

2. Vista 64 bit

3. Dual Monitors

4. Just opened a file

5. The user attempts to highlight and copy a specific set of text, but a larger set is highlighted or copied.

6. The problem stops when the user takes some sort of textual editing action, e.g. typing a character and then deleting it.

This should be helpful in isolating the bug. I will file a bug report, and I am sure that volume matters in addition to content, so others should do the same.

This impacts some of Adobe's most important users - those who are doing serious enough work that they actually work across 2 monitors and went for 64-bit OS's. I don't think that Adobe should simply ignore this audience or this issue.

Unfortunately, Adobe does not frequently push out bug fixes to DW. This is bad enough that my workaround may be to simply use a different, non-Adobe product (e.g. Zend Studio). Selecting and copying text needs to work for me to do my job.