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Mark Clarkson
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August 8, 2022
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Dreamweaver unspeakable slow and laggy when typing / editing.

  • August 8, 2022
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I've search the forum and found lots of posts about this problem but they are all from 3-7 years ago. One of the recent updates from Adobe has resulted in Dreamweaver becoming unusably slow.

Example, I click click on a word in HTML view and ... nothing happens for up to 10 seconds. Just nothing. Then, finally, the cursor jumps to where I clicked. 

 

I double-click on a word and ... nothing happens for 5 to 10 to 15 seconds and then, finally, the word highlights. 

 

I roll the scroll wheel and ... nothing happens for 5+ seconds before, finally, the text scrolls.

 

I am working on my local drive. The projects are very small - an HTML file, an image, and the .JS file created by Adobe Animate.

 

Any tips or work-arounds greatly appreciated!

 

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    If I switch to CODE view, or to DESIGN view, the lag disappears. 


    Right.  Live view takes more rescources because it has to refresh your screen after each edit.   For best results, edit in CODE or DESIGN.  Save often and check your work in real browsers. Right click on open document tab, select Open in Browser.

     

     

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 8, 2022

    "Slower than a sloth" can be caused by low RAM, code errors and working in Live view.  Switch from Live to Design view with Ctrl + Shift + F11.  It makes a big difference when editing. 

     

    Are you saving documents often with Ctrl + S?

    Have you restarted your computer lately?

     

    Also validate code and fix all reported errors.  Code errors can lead to latency issues. 

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      Mark ClarksonAuthor
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      August 9, 2022

      I'll try switching out of Live View. I doubt that any of the other suggestions will be of help.

      This problem has persisted for many weeks so, yes, I've restarted the computer.

      I am generally only in DW for about 3-5 minutes so I don't save "often." Usually I jump in, add a line of code, save, and exit.

      The code comes directly out of Adobe Animate and doesn't seem to have an syntax errors.

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      vtg74
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      September 8, 2022

      @vtg74,

      Dreamweaver "remembers" the last viewed mode when you save & close the file.  Since I use both, it's simpler for me to toggle with Ctrl + Shift + F11.

       

       

       


      Hi Nancy. Is there any way of taking Dreamwaver offline completely while we code? (I get the impression there is too much going on in the background, probably including interactions with Adobe)
      We have found a way to keep it permanently in Design / Code view, but it’s still the same — lagging very badly when we type, or copy/paste. Often, even after typing a line, the line won’t appear until 10 or 20 seconds later. Needless to say, its extremely frustrating and causing us to make coding errors. We are not using GIT or any other features — just straight coding and uploading. For now we have taken to coding in Sublime Text and using DW only for uploading to the server. It’s a shame, as it has so many good features, but they are all rendered useless by these persisting issues. Up to now, we used the much older DW CS5, and it worked perfectly!
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