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andre.p_brln
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November 14, 2016
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Is there a way to turn off multiple cursors/selection?

  • November 14, 2016
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In the new Dreamweaver CC 2017 multiple cursors were introduced. While this is in a way a cool feature, i'd rather like to switch it off because if you don't pay attention you can easily edit by accident other parts of the code when you pressed CMD (mac). The old behaviour worked much better for my workflow: Select a part of the code, hold CMD and drag that selection somewhere else, so it copies that selected code there. Is it still possible to get that behaviour back? Is it some parameter in brackets.json that can be set? Thanks.

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    andre.p_brln wrote:

    The old behaviour worked much better for my workflow: Select a part of the code, hold CMD and drag that selection somewhere else, so it copies that selected code there. Is it still possible to get that behaviour back? Is it some parameter in brackets.json that can be set? Thanks.

    In the brackets.json file try adding:

    "dragDropText": true,

    This works in Brackets, so as DW is based on Brackets it should work in DW.

    You have to select the comlpete line of coding you want to drag and then drag it to the new position.

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    osgood_Correct answer
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    January 9, 2017

    andre.p_brln wrote:

    The old behaviour worked much better for my workflow: Select a part of the code, hold CMD and drag that selection somewhere else, so it copies that selected code there. Is it still possible to get that behaviour back? Is it some parameter in brackets.json that can be set? Thanks.

    In the brackets.json file try adding:

    "dragDropText": true,

    This works in Brackets, so as DW is based on Brackets it should work in DW.

    You have to select the comlpete line of coding you want to drag and then drag it to the new position.

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    andre.p_brlnAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 9, 2017

    Thank you very much, Osgood_ !
    One problem solved at least. I'll check the other forum, Jon Fritz II. Thanks for pointing out. Wasn't clear to me, as i sometimes see Adobe staff replying here as well.

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    andre.p_brlnAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 9, 2017

    Hey Adobe, is there any update or response from you on that?
    While this feature might be usefule for some users, for me (and i might assume for many others) it's really not relevant BUT it's a HUGE source of possible errors -> altering the code without wanting, when the 2nd cursor is out of sight.
    An option shouldn't be too hard to implement, right?

    Overall the release is rather sluggish and buggy — i'm a bit annoyed it made it to a release  without further quality tests.

    Jon Fritz
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    Jon FritzCommunity Expert
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    January 9, 2017

    This is a user to user forum, not Adobe Technical Support, the vast majority of people here are just software users, like you.

    I'm guessing your question wasn't answered because people weren't sure if there was an option. Then, with the massive influx of forum users when 2017 came out, it just slipped through the cracks.

    As far as I can see, there's no way to modify that behavior from DW's interface.

    Use the Submit Bug/Feature Request option in DW's Help menu to get your request in front of the dev team. If enough people are asking for it, there's a good chance the option to disable it will be available in a later version.

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