Dreamweaver CS4 Code View

Please excuse this question, but I don't know what to call
it...
What is the red dash box in code view? How do I set it?
Thanks much

The red dashed box is what you see when you insert a form on
a page (INSERT
| Form > Form).
> I'm trying to figure out how to control it thought
Dreamweaver CS4.
Sorry - I have no idea what you are asking here. Do you NEED
a form on your
page? If you do, and you are wanting to alter the appearance
of it, use
CSS. You do know that the red dashes are only seen when
looking at the page
in DW's Design view, right? Or maybe are you asking how to
change THAT
appearance? Like from red dashes to green dashes? Sorry - I
have no idea
how to do that.
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"rcflyer2005" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Pardon me, my error. The red dash box is in the design
view. When I
> remove
> the form tag it goes away. I can control its width with
CSS:
>
> <style type="text/css">
> form {
> width: 600px;}
> </style>
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to control it thought
Dreamweaver CS4.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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