Dreamweaver - blank/empty/white code view

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August 7, 2018
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Searching for fixes online reveals several threads where people experienced the same issue. I myself found that restarting DW 2017, whenever this occurred, fixed the issue. This issue was more prevalent in DW 2018 in Win-7 and Win-10.

I am now in v18.2 (10165 build) and I am unable to view code for any file type at all (even when creating a new file) in code-view or split-view and restarting DW does not fix the issue. I can experience this issue with no other applications running, logged into CC or not and after restarting computer. (Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit SP1, 8GB RAM, Xeon E5-260 v4)

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Correct answer Sc00p3r

We reinstalled DW2018.2 and everything seems to be working OK again now.

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Cloud5FEE

New Participant

No need to reinstall DW. The only things you need to do; View>>> Live Code

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AdrianR28664455x3dl

New Participant

https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/restore-preferences-dreamweaver.html

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James26305028k232

New Participant

I had the same issue when trying to view the code in Design view and nothing appearing. Turns out it was an open tag in a Table causing the problem. Once I closed that tag the entire page appeared in Design view. However Dreamweaver tried to tell me something was wrong because certain tags showed in a different color than the rest of the document. Dreamweaver didn't show me the exact errant tag but it highlighted several tags in the vacinity of the open tag. If you start seeing tags colored in an off green color, that's Dreamweaver telling you there are one or more open tags in your document.

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Lise Voute

Known Participant

Take a look here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/dreamweaver-discussions/view-code-design-or-live-code-blank-page/m-p/10211768

Not going back to an older DW-version but a little hack which solved it for me.

Lotti

stevethornton

Known Participant

What has worked for me, at least so far, is to save the file, close it, re-open it and it works.

Nancy OShea

Braniac

@stevethornton

If it happens often, that could be a memory problem. Please ensure your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements to run Creative Cloud + OS + all other apps you use. Check each one.
- https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

stevethornton

Known Participant

Nancy,
"If it happens often, that could be a memory problem. Please ensure your
computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements to run Creative
Cloud + OS + all other apps you use."

Thanks, my system greatly exceeds the minimum requirements for Dreamweaver
as well all of the other apps I use.

Plus I can have several Dreamweaver files open and the problem only shows up
on one file randomly. But as I mentioned I just close the one file, re-open
it and it works just fine.

Ciao!
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arkid

Participating Frequently

Also the same issue, I can't believe this hasn't been fixed from happening in the first place, I've experienced this for a year or two on and off. Never had to reinstall DW to resolve, normally an app restart works.

Nancy OShea

Braniac

I have the current version of CC 2019 and no such problems with code rendering. When code rendering fails, it''s often caused by validation errors. Have you checked your code for errors lately? See screenshot.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User, Community Expert & Moderator

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arkid

Participating Frequently

I will try turning it off the next time this occurs but its certainly not due to a valid validation issue as it occurs on absoluitely every file I load, html, css doesn't matter. The only way I could resolve it today was to reboot my PC which was surprising, normally I don't have to do that and a restart of the app is enough.