Dreamweaver 20.0 - Can't type / edit text in design mode
Often I cannot type or edit text in Design mode as I could in the previous version. I have a Mac w/high Sierra. It seems if I wait several minutes after loading a file, eventually I can type/edit in design mode, but not always. I have no idea why, but I may have to revert to the prior version. Is something loading in background perhaps that I have to wait for? Any ideas are helpful.
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Hi,
Thank you for reporting this issue.
We are not able to reproduce the issue at our end.
Can you please provide the below information so that we can identify the issue and help in resolving it
1) Are you seeing this on all documents or specific ones?
2) Is the document opened from local disk or network drive?
3)It would be helpful if you could also share a video of the issue.
Thanks,
Dreamweaver Team
17 comments
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mmoxley
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I figured it out for me.... I turned off show related files and restarted DW. Normal now.
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mmoxley
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I think the issue is that in versions pre 20, you could click on a spot of code and the cursor would move there. What I am seeing is in 20 you have to double click on a word and then use your arrow keys to have the cursor appear. Too many clicks to do rapid edits. Might be a setting issue, but I have the same issue. MacPower book 2017, local files editing, never had this issue before, happens on all file types.
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Hi,
Thank you for reporting this issue.
As requested earlier, can you please provide the below information so that we can identify the issue and help in resolving it
1) Are you seeing the slow typing issue in all documents or specific ones?
2) Is the document opened from local disk or network drive?
3)It would be helpful if you could also share a video of the issue.Thanks,
Dreamweaver Team -
Anonymous
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finally got text in, but can't delete text.
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Anonymous
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I have exactly the same problem and are using a PC
It won't let me type or delete in the design view, only code.
I'm using Dreamweaver 2019, recently installed on Windows 7 32 bit.
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Marcus Libkind
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I also can't edit in live/design view. Basically I can use it to find text in code, but I must make the changes directly in the code. I can't even delete text in that view.
I never had this problem in Creative Suite. I just got CC 2020 and nothing but problems with editing. The only reason for making the change was to make responsive web design easier. But everything else is more difficult.
I'm on a PC running Windows 10. Dreamweaver is version 21.0 and the build is 15392.
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nox
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Dreamweaver 20.1
15211 Build
Using a Mac Book Pro: On Mac OS Catalina v 10.15.4
View in Live mode currently causing it to freeze and become unresponsive, when a reboot happens and it automatically reopens the last session it still won’t respond. -
Gail B
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Can't strikethrough text in design mode. (Have to edit in code mode)
Also wasn't able to CUT selected text in design mode. (I could copy it only) Menu option greyed out; command-X didn't work either.
In split screen, code is not sync'd with display, especially if I double click word/paragraph.
FIle on local disk.
Running 20.1 (build 15211). MacOS Sierra 10.13.6.
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Naina Bhandari
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Hi,
Thanks for reporting us.
I tried to recreate this issue on MacOS high Sierra (10.13.6) but cannot reproduce at my end.
Could you please help me by providing the video of the issue.Thanks,
Naina
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Bill Petros
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Dreamweaver 20.0 is not stay clicked into text box in design mode to edit text, I click on the text box to edit cursor line appears and with in 2 sec it clicks out of box on its own. I'm no widows 10 pro.
This appears to be a issue with 20.0, I have been using dreamweaver sense ver 6 and have never experienced this before. We can still edit text in code mode of course, but should not have to search for text and edit sometimes is so much faster to use design or live mode and change some text real quickThis needs to be addressed by adobe ASAP
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Ron
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I replied to Divya via email with screen capture of issue, but thought I'd shed some light here for others. DW seems to work fine when first launched. If I click between the app and anything else like the Finder or a browser or other app it still seems to work fine. I seems to happen when I use Command+Tab to jump around. When I Cmd+Tab back to DW it loses focus and I have to actually click on DW to bring it in front, but then can't click or work on anything. This is on desktop machine (Trashcan). Seems to work fine when using on my laptop.
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Ron
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Any solution to this bug??
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Hi Ann Shelbourne ,
Can you please provide a video of the issue so that we can recreate and investigate it at our end ?
Thanks,
Divya B C
Dreamweaver Team -
Ann Shelbourne
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I am also experiencing an inability to manually edit code in DW 2020. when i try to change previous values, DW deletes characters but won't open the necessary space to type new ones.
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The following day:
I uninstalled DW 2020, removed all saved Prefs., and that seems to have fixed the problem. -
Divya B C
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Are you seeing this issue in new blank html document too?
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Anonymous
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I had the exact same problem. It's basically the same as thing as being in notepad as I can only edit in code view. Very frustrating. I uninstalled 20 and re-installed 19. Works fine in that version.
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Divya B C
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Hi,
Thank you for reporting this issue.
We are sorry that you are facing issues with Dreamweaver. Can you please provide the below information so that we can identify the issue and help in resolving it
1) Are you seeing this on all documents or specific ones?
2) Is the document opened from local disk or network drive?
3) Are you seeing this issue in code view or live view as well?Thanks,
Divya B C
Adobe Dreamweaver team
