Dreamweaver CC 2017 old code highlighting

[3CEES]

Hi,

I want in my new Version of DW the same code highlighting like in my old one for js, html, php and css.

I have already read in the forums but found nothing useful. I read a lot about Brackets Themes and so on, but I do not need all that.

Is there any file, I can copy or download to get the old highlighting colors back? There is a complete copy of old DW on my PC, but I can not find any .less file there, or a usable css one.

Is there any downloadable Theme, that contains the old highlighting info in a DW CC 2017 compatible format?

Many Thanks in advance,

Lars

[Jon Fritz]

No, there's nothing you can download to get the old styles back (unless someone has created a Brackets theme specifically made to mimic whatever you had set in your preferences).

The old DW used an XML file to set those colors that you could modify from the Properties menu. CC2017 now uses a watered down Brackets for its code view interface, so the old XML files no longer affect the code colors. It now uses LESS and JSON and "can" be modified if you go into the files themselves, or replace them with a theme for Brackets (there are a couple discussions going on about this)

We're pretty much all hoping the inability to modify the code colors from within the interface is an accidental oversight that will be fixed in the next update.

[3CEES]

Yep. That's an option. But I have to work .

I have no time, to play the whole day with my dreamweaver to get old styles back.

I was used to work with the old default styles for a long time and was happy with them. I will downgrade my DW to the previous Version now and hope, that the next DW Update has any option, to switch code coloring to the old standards. From what I could read here, many people would be happy with that.

I also need no interface, to modify them. If I want to do that I can do that with an editor. That is okay for me.

Like I said: All I want is the code highlighting back, I work since a long time with.

[Preran]

I posted a link to a document today that could probably help you.

Learn how you can customize the colors of your code elements in Dreamweaver.

Thanks,

Preran

[carlaeSSi]

What is amazing and truly maddening is how many of the same complaint about no code coloring I have quickly found over that last several days. Why haven't you (Adobe) posted even ONE LESS file sample showing where / what to edit to have our asp/php/cfm etc. color highlight?? OR a corrected file / optional file for developers???

Why have NONE of the responses on this forum actually provided a solution vs telling us to go bang our heads on something with our valuable time?  When you pay monthly for a software subscription you don't expect to spend time doing a ton of NEW work when Adobe publishes a new version of software or otherwise being 20% less productive.

[3CEES]

Thanks. But I have no ime, to do that.

I have seen tons of request here with the same wish. Can't Adobe publish a less file, that contains the old style info?

I mean Dreamweaver is no freeware and I expect some service for my money.

In that case, you had could reply all these posts with a download link, that would save you a lot of time, too .

Lars

[3CEES]

Not to forget the fact that I often had to reset my old Version of DW because nothing worked anymore. That always takes some time and as I said: I have to work, and can not spend tons of time in fixxing or restoring Dreamweaver. That is also one of the reasons, why I upgraded to DW 2017 - I hoped it would be more stable than the previous versions. In that last year, I had to reset my Dreamweaver at least 4 times. I did not expect, that an update will also consume time. Maybe, you (Adobe) should work with real coders while you dev a new version and check their feedback. I voted each time when they survey on startup was showing up with 1 and checked, that Adobe is allowed, to contact me. I can give you a bug list, send screenshots or videos when it is freezing again (happens often on my 2 very fast pc's) all no problem, but please Adobe, involve the users of your software and check their feedback. Posting links to time consuming tutorials is no solution, to make clients happy. Sorry.

I work with DW, Indesign, Acrobat, PS and Illustrator and Dreamweaver is the most instable App of that family and that since a (too) long time.

[3CEES]

Are there any news on that topic, or will adobe leave its clients alone with that problem?

I also sent a mail to the Support about that topic and got no feedback at all! Not cool, Adobe, not cool.

By the way: My Dreamweaver just crashed again, right after//on opening!!!

[Preran]

Apologize for your frustration. To get the most out of your posts, separate your issues and post them individually. For the crash related issue, I suggest getting in touch with us. Contact us | Adobe

It's possible that a bug is causing the crash, and the team can log it for you. To be sure, a majority of the performance related issues we have seen in this release thus far have been device or user-specific.

Thanks,

Preran

[Nancy OShea]

By the way: My Dreamweaver just crashed again, right after//on opening!!!

What does your Windows Event Viewer or Crash Log tell you is causing the crash?

LavaSoft Web Companion is a known conflict with Adobe products.  Uninstalling it solves the problems.

Nancy O.

[Paul-M]

Even if you decide to edit the LESS file and learn about Brackets themes (it uses CodeMirror) you will not the get the same flexibility in code colouring as you would in Brackets or the old Dreamweaver code editor. For example if you have a page with HTML and PHP and want PHP blocks to stand out when their own colours, it is very limited in Dreamweaver 2017, CodeMirror has some called the addModeClass flag and mode-aware styles that does this, it works in Brackets perfectly, however in Dreamweaver it doesn't work as far as I can see.

A minor tweak to make PHP look different  might be to set a colour for the cm-meta class in the LESS theme file (note it will also affect the colour of doctype tag too).

I don't know if the Dreamweaver developers understand that people writing code like the full flexibility of code colouring, either make it a full featured option or don't bother trying to fob Dreamweaver users off with bullsh*t and half finished releases. The latest release 17.0.1 is not the answer either, code colouring based on file types is not the same as having a file that contains html, js and php for example and wanting each language to have its own set of code colouring rules.

It's such a basic thing to have in an editor these days, the mind boggles!!!!!!!!

[osgood_]

Energize wrote:

Even if you decide to edit the LESS file and learn about Brackets themes (it uses CodeMirror) you will not the get the same flexibility in code colouring as you would in Brackets or the old Dreamweaver code editor. For example if you have a page with HTML and PHP and want PHP blocks to stand out when their own colours, it is very limited in Dreamweaver 2017, CodeMirror has some called the addModeClass flag and mode-aware styles that does this, it works in Brackets perfectly, however in Dreamweaver it doesn't work as far as I can see.

I've tried the addModeClass feature in Brackets and it only seems to color some of the tags correctly For instance in php for me it didnt see the opening <?php tag but it did see the end tag ?>

What I cant understand is why they decided the <!doctype html> and <?php ?> block tags should be assigned the same color. I like the php tags to be emphasised but not particular the <!DOCTYPE html>

.cm-meta    { color: #blah; }

Having said that codeMirror in Brackets is flexible enough for me to be able to almost identically copy an Atom theme I use give or take a couple of minor things, so happy days as I use both editors, which in my opinion are practically the same. Each has something useful that the other doesnt have.

[MadisonLeupp]

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