Why can't I drag+drop .png's into design view and have it be coded?

[Guest]

It's only .png's I'm having problems with getting Dreamweaver (CC 2017) to accept.

I can't drag a png from my comp folder into design view. I have to manually add it to my code.

[Nancy OShea]

Try Insert  > HTML > Image or keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+i

You should be prompted to browse to the image location. 

If that doesn't work, Restore Preferences.

Unusual behavior in Dreamweaver? Try restoring preferences.

[Guest]

Restoring preferences didn't work.

Insert > HTML > Image or Ctrl+Alt+i would only let me insert one png at a time. :l Any other ways?

[Nancy OShea]

That's right.  You can only insert one image at a time.  Dw has always worked that way.

If you have a large collection of photos, use PHP code to dynamically populate your page with images.  All the work is done by your server and it saves a lot of time.

Alt-Web Demo : Dynamic Photo Gallery with Bootstrap 4, PHP & Fancybox

[pziecina · Accepted solution]

If you are talking about draging the png's from your OS's file manager, and Dw automatically adding the img element code. This was removed from Dw a few versions ago, (sorry I cannot remember which version), but you could install an older version of Dw and use that, (try CS6).

The only limitation in having 2 or more versions installed, is that you cannot have more than 1 version open at any time.