Slow typing in DW CS6 / OSX?

[Ldude32]

Is anybody experiencing really slow typing in DW CS6 on a Mac?

Regardless of what I type, the code only apears at a rate of 3 characters per second!  Does anybody know what may be causing this?  Is it an incompatability, a bug, or some rendering issue???

I'm running this on an old MacPro1,1 / NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT 256 MB with 8GB Ram, SSD drives OSX Lion 10.7.3.

This slow behaviour is not noticed on other CS6 apps...

The purchased product was an upgrade - downloaded from Adobe:

Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design & Web Premium (Mac,English)

Looking forward to a resolution, as it's pretty terrible.

Luis.

[Guest]

The update on Mac did not change anything about the big slow bug...

Did update in both Mac, nothing did change, SLOW, SLOW, SLOW...

In DW 5.5, almost do work fine...

More we go with Adobe, more we have troubles...

Look like MS Office, 1,000,000 options, but only about 100 are used by 99.99% of the user's, look like Adobe's developer want to do same way...

Developer of websites, just want a good editor, with all basic options, fast and working in real time, is this so difficult ???

Also look like the developer's of DW are the old team of Windows Vista... (bug+bug+bug...)

Sorry to be so direct, but when you pay every year over $1'000 to be up to date, and more than $2500 (Europe) for additional license, it's normal to be very angry...

[Guest]

The update on Windows did not change anything either, Dreamweaver still uses almost 100% CPU on my dual core 2GHz PC right after starting it, even without any open documents. If I click on a menu, CPU usage goes down to almost zero.

I don't care about it anymore, I will not wait months for the next update only to find out that the most important bug is still unfixed again. Adobe, you lost a customer.

[brandinchiu]

@Bal Farokk

I have no issues with the CPU usage in DW now.  It runs at a cool 0-3% even with large 800+ line files open with 4-7 related files as well.  Just a question, but do you have a modified hosts file? Whether from another installation or anything?  One of the thoughts I have been having is that potentially DW could simply be running in circles trying to "phone home".  Just a hypothesis.

[navid]

A GOOD News: I use DW CS5.5 but I had the same problem. Now I found the solution at least for myself - I hope it will help for you and for Adobe to solve the issue.

In my case the issue is related to the current selected site. If the site uses code hints (in my case wordpress code hinting) the cpu usage will go up (for my old laptop with single core to 100%). If I switch to a site with no code hinting the cpu usage comes back to about 0%.

Also by disabling code hints by using site>specific-code-hinting menu item or by renaming dw_php_codehinting.config in root of my site the cpu usage comes back to about 0%.

[billhdz]

navid wrote:

A GOOD News: I use DW CS5.5 but I had the same problem. Now I found the solution at least for myself - I hope it will help for you and for Adobe to solve the issue.

In my case the issue is related to the current selected site. If the site uses code hints (in my case wordpress code hinting) the cpu usage will go up (for my old laptop with single core to 100%). If I switch to a site with no code hinting the cpu usage comes back to about 0%.

Also by disabling code hints by using site>specific-code-hinting menu item or by renaming dw_php_codehinting.config in root of my site the cpu usage comes back to about 0%.

Thanks Navid, that's good to know.

Just keep in mind that ( I believe ) "specific-code-hinting menu" is for PHP sites only, but this is a good tip!

Thanks

[c41]

Experiencing extremely slow opening and closing of files. Even switching between files....

Mac:

27" iMac OSX 10.7.4

2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 8GB Ram

Dreamweaver:

v12.0 Build 5842

No extensions.

No Design view. (code view only)

'Related files' turned off.

Tried deleting prefs. no difference.

Slowness Experienced:

Time taken to open a 67KB HTML file.... 5.4 seconds of nothing, followed by 2 seconds of spinning beach ball, then the file opens.

Time taken to switch between 2 open HTML files less than 100KB... 3 seconds

Time taken to *close* (CLOSE!) a 67KB HTML file... 4 seconds of nothing, 3 seconds of spinning beach ball, then the file closes.

And while any of the above actions are taking place, Dreamweaver CPU usage is at 99-100% in the activity monitor.

Sporadic other instances of hanging while typing - ie: typing is slow/delayed by 2-5 seconds.

It's driving me crazy - please just simply make the app respond faster before adding any other features like grid layout helpers etc

In other editors like TextWrangler or Sublime Text 2 I do not get this slowness. Files open/close immediately. The only thing that is keeping me using Dreamweaver is autocompletion of my own css classnames & ids (from a linked css file) when editing a html file.

If one of the other editors adds that single feature - I will no longer be using Dreamweaver. Then I'll think twice about continuing my subscription to Creative Cloud if the other image editors improve aswell.

Godspeed,

Pete

[dcmoody]

I'm having the same issue with the slow typing in Dreamweaver CS6 12.0.1 Build 5842.

I'm using a Macbook Air 13" (Late 2010), 2.13 Core2Due, 4GB RAM.  I use a 27" Cinema Display with the laptop closed.

Resizing my coding window does help, but basically makes it unusable.  (About 30 lines of visible code).

Code View Font is Monaco, 9pt.

Hoping that this gets fixed soon?  I'm willing to help out however possible.

-David

[Guest]

I face the same problem:

DW of CS6 Master collection, upgrade from CS5.5, MAC OS (latest) MBP mid 2010, 8GB RAM, no external monitor.

Actually everything seemed to be ok until I installed some extensions from P7 and my pages started to grow in size, from less than 100kB to above 200kB. Suddenly DW started to crawl and came to a halt and working became impossible.

I tried all sort of things: deleted the MacFilecash, the SiteCash directory, the file dwsync.xm, all in vain.

I deleted my pages causing the slow down and created from scratch. It did work for a while and than the problem was back, I do not know at what file size, perhaps between 150 to 200kB.

After saving and reopening the page it takes minutes before I can get the cursor to where I want to type and after that every character in 10 second intervals. Even the apple menu is not accessible.

Anyhow, while typing this I found out something. I use a utility called PopChar which installs itself into the upper left corner of the screen, if I move the mouse there and click it pops up and I can select e.g. foreign characters which are pasted into the cursor position. When I close this utility, it seems I can work again on my pages (what a relieve). I am totally thrilled, it seems I found the problem at last. This utility PopChar I use already for many years and it never had caused me any problem. Who is now to blame?

Perhaps DW is not that bad after all.. ehm..wait…  there is a bug which follows me already many years and many versions, if you right click on a link with an anchor and select to open this page, here is an error message, it is hard for me to understand, why such a bug is never fixed. 

Wolf

[brandinchiu]

For the anchor link problem -- if you are dealing with dynamic pages (ie server-side content), and you don't have Live View/Live Code turned on sometimes DW gets mad at you trying to open the link.  Other than that I don't think I've ever run into that problem before? Are you working from a local site that contains all  the files? Or are you working off the server directly?

[Guest]

No dynamic pages, a simple HTML file with a simple link to another HTML file with an anchor, in the same directory.

If the link has no anchor the file opens (right click - open linked page), if there is an anchor an error appears, cannot find the file.

Also to link to a page with an anchor is very awkward in DW, the page has to be opened first, the link has to be found and to be placed in a position that it can be reached from the other file with the link, and than the whip can be used to point from the file with the link to the file with the anchor (very troublesome). Other web editors scan the anchors in a file and give you a picklist to select an anchor. DW is in this matter very primitive.

[brandinchiu]

I'm not quite sure why you are having issues with that.  I just created a blank html page with an <a href="page2.html">blah blah</a> to a page2.html in the same directory, loaded it up in design view, turned on Live so I could click on it, and it opened just fine : /.

and about the other issue with the linking, can you explain an example? I'm having trouble understanding what you mean exactly.  Are you referring to trying to add a link easily using a code-aiding feature? Or something else?  I'm confused by the word "whip" sorry, haha.

[zetokore]

This thread is related to the slow typing issue which has enough trouble getting on Adobe's radar, maybe you could create a new thread for the link issue?

[zetokore]

I think the 12.1 update may have actually fixed this.

[dcmoody]

Hey zetokore,

Where did you find the 12.1 update?  Adobe's Updater app for me says I'm all up to date, but i'm still at 12.0 Build 5842.

I'm ready to be done with the lag!

Thanks,

-David

[curtStaubach]

12.1 was a Creative Cloud update. They added some new features and it looks like there was also an update that fixed the slow typing issue for me too.

[dcmoody]

Surely this update will be released to those who purchased CS6 as well?  Can someone at Adobe confirm this??

-David

[Nick de Kruijk]

I'm using Creative Cloud and haven't seen an update either. Sure it's 12.1 and not the 12.0.1 update a few weeks ago?

[Ldude32]

On my Mac - the cloud version of DW is 12.1 Build 5949  (not 12.0.1)

I originally had the non-cloud version of DW CS6 and got tired of waiting for updates - realising I'd be treated as a second class citizen if I didn't join the cloud club - also missing out on new added features. 

It's particularly painful to join the cloud since the DW CS6 never worked for me from the day I downloaded it on launch day (FTP + slow typing issues).  I wasted much, much time troubleshooting; helping Adobe to resolve it's many issues; even beta testing their releases.  In the end, joining the cloud was less stressful and less costly than wasting any more of my time.

Note that had to REMOVE the version of DW I had and grab it freshly from the cloud for the cloud update be picked up.  Also, the cloud served up version 12.0... then updated me to 12.0.1... then finally to 12.1.

[curtStaubach]

I just checked. It's 12.1. It rolled out last week. Here's info on it. http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/features._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_solution_sl_membership-ex...

[Nick de Kruijk]

Strange.... Just uninstalled Dreamweaver and installed it again with the Adobe Application Manager app, it downloaded, installed and updated again to 12.0.1 but still can't find 12.1 update.

[curtStaubach]

Just to be sure, you downloaded Dreamweaver through the Creative Cloud interface? Also, (I don't remember if this is an issue or not) did you enter the Creative Cloud serial number?

[Nick de Kruijk]

I logged in on https://creative.adobe.com, clicked on Apps, clicked on Donwload next to Dreamweaver Logo, Adobe Application Manager opens and I can download. No serial asked

[Ldude32]

ndekruijk - you could try also Sign out of your creative account (in the Adobe Application Manager application), and then back in again - this may help kick things into motion.  If that fails, a reboot couldn't hurt.

[Nick de Kruijk]

After deleting all folders in /Applications starting with Adobe and also in Utilities and Application Support and reinstalling everything I finaly seem to have 12.1 🙂

Feels faster, but still if I have a large php document and type really fast rubish it can't keep up. But normaly I can't type that fast so no big deal I guess. But since I upgraded from a Dual Core MacBook Pro to the latest Retina 8-core it was much better anyway         

[TWSoftware]

ndekruijk - I "jumped" shipped to Coda 2 on my Mac. I have an original 2006 Mac Pro so it's showing its age now which is perhaps why I particuarly suffered with the annoying slow typing DW bug.

Really pleased with Coda 2. Whenever I go back to DW to copy across FTP information for a site, I can't believe I put up with it for so long.

However, it won't suit everyone as Coda 2 is for those of us that use code view all the time. There's a nifty Preview option in Coda, though, so it may be worth a look for those with Macs who are as annoyed with DW as I was a few months ago.