DW CC 2017 - Color Coding & Mode-Aware Styles

Question

Please can somebody post a working and tested example of use of mod-aware styles in Dreamweaver, I'm trying to get the color coding back to somehwre near useful how it used to be...

Yes I know where the less and json files in the dreamweaver config folder and how to edit themes
Yes I have edited a theme & made changes that work already
Yes I have read Brackets info on GIthib, Wiki etc
Don't post unless you know for sure your solution works, I have spent hours playing around with this in Dreamweaver and reading every bit of available information.

I have actually tested the following simple example in standalone Brackets and it works to color PHP code blocks:

in package.json add addModeClass to enable mode-aware styles like so:

"theme": {

"file": "theme.less",

"dark": true,

"addModeClass": true

Added to the theme css/less file:

.cm-m-clike {

color: #6c9ef8;

}

This works and colours just PHP blocks in Brackets which makes life much easier if you are doing a lot of PHP coding. You might also want to look at class .cm-meta as well for consistency.

When I test the same method in Dreamweaver it doesn't work presumably because its and embedded Brackets and requires a different approach.

Can someone please post a tested and confirmed working example of how to implement the mode-ware styles inside Dreamweaver please .....

Preran · Accepted Answer

Please post a vote here so we can hopefully get full flexibility back for code colouring:

Restore Full Code Colouring Flexibility – Adobe Dreamweaver CC: Feature Ideas

The code colouring apart from being removed from the options because it's a half finished Brackets integration lacks serious flexibility, no language specific option even if you are prepared to edit the LESS theme file directly has been included.

I had an official response from Adobe that language-specific code colouring which is a feature in Brackets, is NOT included in the brackets integration with Dreamweaver.

Hi everyone,

Please update to the latest version of Dreamweaver 2017.0.1 where most issues with code coloring have been addressed.

See Dreamweaver 2017.0.1 is now live for more info.

This document https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/customize-code-coloring.html has been updated to reflect changes.

Thanks,

Preran

Paul-M · Answer

Please post a vote here folks so we can hopefully get full flexibility back for code colouring:

Restore Full Code Colouring Flexibility – Adobe Dreamweaver CC: Feature Ideas

The code colouring apart from being removed from the options because it's a half finished Brackets integration lacks serious flexibility, no language specific option even if you are prepared to edit the LESS theme file directly has been included.

I had an official response from Adobe that language-specific code colouring which is a feature in Brackets, is NOT included in the brackets integration with Dreamweaver.

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