Change the default way a new file opens

Hi
I'm working on Mac OS 10.7.5 and DW2014.1
One of the most irritating things about up grades is when you discover the nice cosy way you've done things for years gets trampled all over for no apparent benefit- the only solace is that I guess the new way of working MUST please more people than it annoys - otherwise Adobe wouldn't have done it - right?
ANYHOW - when I used to open a new file in DW it opened in split code / design view with the design view on the right. This is not just habit - it's actually how i want to work. The default is now suddenly the opposite and I'm darned if I can change the default. (I can of course change it EVERY time I open a file which is about 12 times an hour). I have tried changing it and then saving the current workspace - doesn't work. I have tried changing it and saving a new workspace. This doesn't work either. Feels like a preference but I can't find one.
Any ideas anyone?
Ans
If I'm allowed a supplementary - a couple of other bits of bit of really useful functionality seem to have disappeared -
1. When you clicked on the opening tag of an element a little line used to show up above the properties window showing the CSS stack and highlighting the current tag in a nice bright blue - it's gone. I can select the 'show parent div' icon in the tool bar but it's way clumsier.
2. In the tool bar there used to be a fabulously useful icon that let you backwards select a tag - i.e. to click on the closing tag and it would show you the matching closing tag - this seems to have gone too.
Sorry about the War and Peace questions - any answers hugely appreciated.
Martin

Feels like a preference but I can't find one.
There is no setting that will change this currently. Please vote for the Idea I have posted to the ideas section which you can reach by clicking on the "Ideas" tab at the top of the summary page. I completely agree with your analysis.
For your other questions, I'm a little unsure about what you are describing:
1. Do you mean the Tag selector listing that would appear immediately below the document window?
2. Do you mean the "balance braces" icon on the Code view toolbar?

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