open pane freezes

[Byers Video]

It started Wednesday and I thought it was just a combination of other apps so I did not worry about it. It happened yesterday, and again, maybe it was because of....  But when it happened today, with no other apps open, and I have ran many other apps while running Dreamweaver, I realized there is a problem.

After working on a file, when there are many other files open in the Dreamweaver window, the one i work on after awhile freezes.  Cursor stops, the highlight or what ever activity was happening stays, even the tips window stays.  I can go and work on another file by clkicking a different pane. even save all files.

I can close the file with the x in the ab, but I cannot get access back to the file inside the code.

[pziecina]

Go through the trouble shooting steps in this document -

https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/commontroubleshooting.html

Also ensure that you are working with valid code, as any code errors will cause problems.

[Byers Video]

Appreciate the response, but was not allowed to edit my post, somehow it got sent, and when I redid another, that one was deleted.

That would be silly that any code inside a file would freeze the pane.

I have played with non compliant data before and this is the first time this has happened running dreamweaver for many years with proper code.

I do have a thought:

Could it be because I am using several SVG's and not .svg, but the actual svg paths?  NO. couldn't.  It was exported by an Adobe app for an adobe app to use.  Silly me.

[pziecina · Accepted solution]

byers-video  wrote

I do have a thought:

Could it be because I am using several SVG's and not .svg, but the actual svg paths?  NO. couldn't.  It was exported by an Adobe app for an adobe app to use.  Silly me.

svg's as base64 do freeze Dw 2017 especially if they are large files. Are you also using live view at all?

[Byers Video]

HA!!!

NO, I only use code view or SPLIT code view. not a wysiwyg'er (reason I like BBEDIT. I know what my page will look like, been doing it foe so long.

And been using base64 svg's, yes.  smaller ones normally, but recently about 100+ lines of code for it.  and that was Wednesday.

Thank you for the insight  pziecina​!!!  Saved me some time.  I know how to work it now.

Thank you again.

- gerad

[pziecina]

Just as an update for you, I did report the base64 bug a few months back, so hopefully it will be fixed soon.

[Byers Video]

Noted, stored, and will use a work around for the files that have the bigger svg's on them.

Appreciate it!

At least I was smart enough to mention that I was doing something sort of unusual. Otherwise we could have been here for months, and my frustration would have multiplied.

So, if anyone who is reading this thinks they may not have done anything out of sorts, please rethink it and BE HONEST for all these magnificent, wonderful helpers to help us!

[Jon Fritz]

Case structure like that typically only matters when uploaded to a server. Your local OS doesn't care if you have SomEFile.SVG or somefile.svg, on Mac or Windows, they're the same thing but on many servers they would be different locations.

It's unusual that bad code would cause the freezing, but it's possible. As DW has evolved over the years, it has become more and more dependent on clean/valid code being used for many of its features to function correctly. If you have massive structural issues in your html, it can cause the program to break down.

It's one possibility that's relatively easy to fix anyway.

[Byers Video]

Jon. I can see that being an issue, but I am only playing with a 200 line footer code for a wordpress theme.

Never had issue before and only added the svg's which smaller ones like 30 lines of code had no trouble while having 20 plus tabs open.

now, one tab and it freezes. my guess, and the new change, is a larger svg code.

- gerald