Dreamweaver table outlines

Report · Apr 27, 2021

Hi Guys I cant see my table outlines in Dreamweaver 2021. I am just seeing the Design View but cant see the outlines of the table so I can see how many rows and colums are on any of my tables, seems to have disappeared. I want to view them all, like viewing nested tables in older versions.

Hope someone can help.

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Report · Apr 27, 2021

Have you tried Live view?

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Report · Apr 27, 2021

Yes Im in live view mode, thanks but no luck I still cant see the frames of the tables.

Report · Apr 27, 2021

Maybe David Powers can help out

https://helpx.adobe.com/au/dreamweaver/how-to/insert-tables.html

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Report · Apr 27, 2021

I am seeing the live view on the right but cant see the table outlines

Report · Apr 27, 2021

My apologies. I normally do not work with tables, and if I do then usually in code view. I am assuming that you are creating an email template, otherwise I would suggest that you also do not work with tables for the layout.

Apparently, the only way to see the table structure is in Design view. Just checked.

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Report · Apr 27, 2021

Yes sorry I am creating an email template but when I go to View > Split> Code - Design . I cannot see anything of the table structure its all blank.

Report · Apr 27, 2021

Thats because table border is set to none (border="0") in the code, change it to 1 and see if that results in what you require.

Report · Apr 27, 2021

No sorry thats not what I mean.

On my email template I can see it correctly when viewing it in View - Split > Code-Live

but eveything disapears when i change it to View - Split > Code-Design.

I then see nothing, no table structures with images and text boxes. Its all blank with nothing visible.

Report · Apr 27, 2021

When I am then go to View > Split > Code-Design I cannot see anything

Report · Apr 27, 2021

A blank Design View is normally caused by a code error that DW can't work through (like a missing </title> tag).

Run your code through the validator at http://validator.w3.org/nu to get a listing of your code errors. Cleaning them up will likely bring Design View back in line.

Report · Apr 27, 2021

Hi @AnthB,

It works fine for me in Design & Live (see screenshot).

Copy & paste the following code into a new, blank document and try it.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title> Table Test</title>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
table { border: 1px solid green }
td { border: 1px dotted silver }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="400" border="1">
<tr>
<th>Heading</th>
<th>Heading</th>
<th>Heading</th>
</tr>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Something here</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Something here</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>Something here</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

If you still need help, copy & paste your entire markup into a web forum reply with the </> icon. Please DO NOT reply by email because your code won't come through.

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

Report · Nov 24, 2021

Hi - did you ever get this sorted - the same thing has just happened to me with one exisitng file - not all.

CAt

Report · Nov 24, 2021

If this is happening on one particular file, then a code error will most likely be the culprit. Have a look at @Jon Fritz 's answer above.

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