Can't select the element I want

Question

Hi Experts,
I am trying to customize the
Two-column Left Nav Layout that is provided by DW.
My first modification is to place everything within the body
tag inside a new div called
divWrapper, in order to establish a width of 800px and to
center the entire page by setting the left and right margins to
auto.
The problem is that with divwrapper inserted, the only
element I can select
when I am in design view, is divWrapper. I can't select any
of the divs or the contents of any divs that are inside divWrapper,
only the whole divWrapper.
Selecting in code view is still possible, but when I switch
back to design view, divWrapper is automatically selected, and
there seems to be no way to grab any element within divWrapper, or
to get DW to display the child element along with its entire
ancestral hierarchy in the bar at the bottom of the window.
Does anyone out there understand what is happening, and how
to fix it?
I'm very grateful for any help
Richard

Answer 1

Richard,
It sounds like "divWrapper" has the CSS overflow property
(and you are
using DW8). If so, right-click and use:
Element View > Full
to edit the overflow element. Note that the shortcut is to
double-click
on it. Use:
Element View > Hidden
to get back to the original state. Shortcut is F5.
Hope this helps,
Randy
> The problem is that with divwrapper inserted, the only
element I can select
> when I am in design view, is divWrapper. I can't select
any of the divs or the
> contents of any divs that are inside divWrapper, only
the whole divWrapper.
>
> Selecting in code view is still possible, but when I
switch back to design
> view, divWrapper is automatically selected, and there
seems to be no way to
> grab any element within divWrapper, or to get DW to
display the child element
> along with its entire ancestral hierarchy in the bar at
the bottom of the
> window.
>
> Does anyone out there understand what is happening, and
how to fix it?