DW CC Fluid Grid Rulers

Hi! How is everybody?
I was wondering how do I get rulers in a DW CC fluid grid layout? I can only use them in a normal doc but I can't find them in a fluid grid. I wanted to measure the space on the left and right side, you know the blank space because the layout centers? I needed to measure how many px it is. Thanks.

That's kind of a moot point since you're using % widths, margins & padding in FGLayouts, right?
There's no point in using rulers since everything is scaled to fit the available viewport.
Nancy O.

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How do I get my Fluid Grid Layout page to resizes from portrait to landscape for iPhones?

Starting in portrait on my iPhone 4, the fluid grid layout page does not resize when I turn to landscape. After I refresh / resize to fit the page on landscape and then turn the iPhone to portrait, the page resizes just fine. Everything seems to be working just fine on the desktop, ignoring IE. Could it be my media query tags?
If anyone knows a solution, it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Here is my test page: http://www.bedroomandmore.com/1_b_fluidGrid.html
Here are my media query tags (the first set of rules does not have the media query tag and becomes the default):
@media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) and (orientation : landscape) {
@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {
@media only screen and (min-width: 769px) {
Here is most of my media query CSS:
@charset "UTF-8";
/* Simple fluid media
   Note: Fluid media requires that you remove the media's height and width attributes from the HTML
   http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fluid-images/
img, object, embed, video {
          max-width: 100%;
/* IE 6 does not support max-width so default to width 100% */
.ie6 img {
          width:100%;
/* Mobile Layout: 480px and below.(smartphone portrait) */
.gridContainer {
          width: 95.4184%;
          padding-left: 0.5907%;
          padding-right: 0.5907%;
#header {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          display: block;
          margin-left: 0%;
          width: 72%;
          max-height: 0%;
          display: -moz-box; /* Firefox */
          display: -webkit-box; /* Safari and Chrome */
          display: box;
          border: none;
          top: auto;
          padding-top: 0.25em;
#menuHorizontal {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          width: 118%;
          height:100%;
          margin-left: auto;
          position:relative;
          top:-1em;
          display: block;
#slides {
          clear: both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0.1em;
          width: 119%;
          position: relative;
          top: -1em;
          display: block;
                    /*Slides container: Important: Use position:relative; with top:-1em; together to position div.
                              Set the width of your slides container
                              Set to    display: none     to prevent content flash*/
.slides_container {
          clear: both;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
                    /*Each slide: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides
                              If height not specified height will be set by the slide content
                              Set to     display: block     for original setting
                              slide_container is container size
                              slides_container div set the size of the image inside--adjust to fit image in it so it is not cropped*/
.slides_container div {
          clear: both;
          width: 69%;
          display: block;
          /* Mobile Layout: 480px. (smartphone landscape)
                              Inherits styles from Mobile Layout 480px.
                              Set to clear:none; to allow div to shift up
                              Or set to clear:both; to take a whole row of the screen*/
@media only screen and (max-device-width: 480px) and (orientation : landscape) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 95.4184%;
          padding-left: 0.7907%;
          padding-right: 0.7907%;
#header {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          display: block;
          margin-left: auto;
          width:100%;
          display: -moz-box; /* Firefox */
          display: -webkit-box; /* Safari and Chrome */
          display: box;
          border: none;
#menuHorizontal {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          width: 110%;
          margin-left:auto;
          display: block;
#slides {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0%;
          width: 68%;
          display: block;
                    /*Slides container: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides container
                              Set to    display: none     to prevent content flash*/
.slides_container {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
                    /*Each slide: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides
                              If height not specified height will be set by the slide content
                              Set to     display: block     for original setting*/
.slides_container div {
          clear:both;
          width:69%;
          display: block;
                    /* Tablet Layout: 481px to 768px. Inherits styles from: Mobile Layout.
                              Set to clear:none; to allow div to shift up
                              Or set to clear:both; to take a whole row of the screen*/
@media only screen and (min-width: 481px) {
.gridContainer {
          width: 95.9456%;
          padding-left: 0.5271%;
          padding-right: 0.5271%;
#header {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          display: block;
          margin-left: auto;
          width: 100%;
          display: -moz-box; /* Firefox */
          display: -webkit-box; /* Safari and Chrome */
          display: box;
          border: none;
#menuHorizontal {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          margin-left:auto;
          display: block;
#slides {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          margin-left: 0%;
          width: 70%;
          display: block;
                    /*Slides container: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides container
                              Set to    display: none     to prevent content flash*/
.slides_container {
          clear:both;
          float: left;
          width: 100%;
          display: block;
                    /*Each slide: Important:
                              Set the width of your slides
                              If height not specified height will be set by the slide content
                              Set to     display: block     for original setting*/
.slides_container div {
          width: 100%;
          display: block;

I found the problem. There is a bug in Safari for iPhone 4. Use code to fix found at http://stackoverflow.com/a/6379407

Building fluid grid site - what's the best way to add a page?

I've got a one page fluid grid site going and I think I've learned enough to start adding pages. Do I use my primary css file as the file to be associated with subsequent pages? I tried to use a new css in a second page, and perhaps my mistake was that I used some classes and id's from the home page on the second page (which is to be expected as it inherits some of the design). For whatever reason, that led to the second page 'breaking' in a couple of places and I couldn't find the problem.
So I deleted it!
I'd like to begin again and start adding pages. In the creation stage, right after page definition, where it asks about css and copying over the two files (boilerplate and the js script), should I just use my existing css? When I copied over the two files, I was able to delete them and repoint the new page to the moved files (in a scripts folder and css folder).
OR
Should I create the page along with new css and just NOT use the same-named classes and id's?
Last question, when bringing up code navigator on a design page, are the css pages listed in alphabetical order or by cascade? The new page seemed to have them in alpha order rather than cascade order. They were listed in alpha, despite the fact that they were defined in the page in order of cascade.
Thanks all.

Hi Toskey,
My feelings about the Fluid Grid feature in Dreamweaver is far more
negative than David's. First, let's look at the response.js script that
simulates responsive behavior in old browsers. It can be destabilizing
in IE8 and under (causing lockups) and is, in my opinion, a waste of
time. Each month that goes by, IE8 and under become less and less
relevant and giving them a traditional fixed-width or mini-width look is
all one needs to do.
The grid approach itself, at the core of the system, is flawed and, at
best, a transitional approach as CSS has added a columns module. In
about 2 years time, the concept of grids will be native to most browsers
and how you deal with older browsers will become a matter of progressive
enhancement. That is, allow older browsers to display a conventional
type of layout while newer browsers use the newer features.
Responsive design depends on designers being able to react and change as
the CSS brainiacs of the world have regularly scheduled eureka moments
about better ways to deploy media queries. So Adobe would need to be
ready and willing (and able) to issue updates to the Fluid Grid system
on a need-to-update basis. This will never happen.
As for flexibility and practicality, and real-world application, get a
Tablet, Smartphone, and desktop computer cranked up. Now load Adobe's
home page and tell me how it reacts/responds:
1. Smartphone portrait mode
2. Smartphone landscape mode
3. Tablet portrait mode
4. Tablet landscape mode
5. In a desktop browser as you make window narrow and wide
Now load up the PVII home page (www.projectseven.com) and perform the
same tests in the same devices. How much importance you place on certain
things will dictate to you what kind of approach to take.
We think our approach is currently the most bulletproof in the world and
if something comes to our attention 2 weeks from now that indicates
there is an even better way, or if another device takes the world by
storm and needs a new query, we will issue an update ASAP.
Good luck and happy hunting.
Al Sparber - PVII

Can I control column color in fluid grid layout?

The columns in fluid grid layout are gray in CC; they used to be pink. I highly prefer pink, as I almost never design with that color, and I frequently design with gray.
Is there a way to set a preference for grid column color in CC?
Thanks.

NO NO NO NO NO!
Never make your navigation editable or you will shoot
yourself in the foot
when it comes time to change a link there and you would have
to touch every
page. <sheesh>
Give each of those links a unique ID, e.g.,
<a href="page1.html" id="link1">Page 1</a> |
<a href="page2.html"
id="link2">Page 2</a>....
Then in the head of each child page, add this to the Editable
Region called
"head" -
<style type="text/css">
a#link2 { color:whatever; otherstuff:whatever; }
</style>
Now you would just edit the embedded stylesheet to change
a#link2 to a#link3
or whichever button you wanted to affect on that page.
Alternatively, you can go here -
http://www.divahtml.com and get
their
DivaGPS extension.
DO NOT MAKE YOUR NAVIGATION EDITABLE.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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> make those links editable regions on the template, and
apply the
> neccessary styles in the individual html pages

How can I convert my web page from a fixed width layout to a fluid grid layout?

I'm taking a web design class (I'm using Dreamweaver CS6, btw) wherein the professor started us out building our websites in a fixed width layout but now I want to change my site into a fluid grid layout. My "site" so far is just one long page, and I've already designed it with fluid grid adjustments in mind (most things are centered in the layout) so it shouldn't need excessive tweaking.
Is there a way to duplicate the site folder that holds my first page, re-open a new document in fluid, then copy the code in and tweak the width parameters for the different layouts?
Did I just answer my own question? Help - I am new at this!!
Thanks all,
KC

Herbert2001 wrote:
A bit off-topic, but Osgood: have you ever used SASS or LESS? When you are building your own grid systems it can save you a tremendous amount of time, and it's a lot of fun.
Take the following simple example - it generates all the 23 css classes automatically for a 12 grid system. And simply changing one variable allows you to create and calculate any number of columns!
//variables
$desktop: 1025px;
$large-columns: 12;
@media only screen and (min-width: $desktop) {
     //regular grid span classes
    @for $i from 1 through $large-columns {
        .span-large-#{$i} {
            width: percentage($i/$large-columns);
     // push classes
    @for $i from 1 through (($large-columns)-1) {
        .push-large-#{$i} {
            margin-left: percentage($i/$large-columns);
No, not explored it yet, and may never....I don't know. I don't really make much money out of web design. It's becoming more and more difficult to find the desire to learn new techniques when the opportunities aren't really there to put them into practice on as regular basis as I would like. I've got a very good handle on css, php, html, jQuery - I'm not sure I want to add another layer at the moment, given I'm never quite sure how long I will continue to 'bang my head against the wall' . I'm getting to the stage where I keep asking myself do I really need the problems associated with learning new stuff to the point of being comfortable with it if the financial rewards at the end don't equate to the efforts of learning it.
I don't really enjoy web development if truth is known. I come from a Graphic Design background which I much prefer but somehow got side tracked and pushed in this direction and there's no way back now, lol. Whilst I concede Web Development is much more exciting its also 100 times more complex/difficult and the skills needed are considerably more.
Your example looks interesting and I should think I could pick it up reasonably easily given I work with php which uses variables on a similar basis.

Is there any way to display the Design View in fluid grid pages?

After upgrading to the newest version of DW CC 2014, I noticed that the Design View is disabled in Fluid Grid pages. You can only use the Live View to edit those pages. The Design/Live button displays on non-fluid pages.
I'm wondering if there is a work-around to allow Design View editing on fluid pages. It is a major hassle to try to edit some things in the Live View. It would nice to have a choice.

Have you actually tried using is? Try this?
1) Create a new Responsive Layout. We’ll call it demo.php, fluid.css and the usual accompanying DW files.
2) Enter demo.php and progress is normal. Everything works. You can choose to view both Live and Display and edit accordingly.
3) Close down DW.
4) Open DW and open demo.php
5) There is NO LONGER a Display View option and Live View does not EDIT. (at least it doesn't for me)
6) I can ONLY edit work in CODE view.
Thus, on brand new files, all is fine. The moment DW is closed and the files becomes “old” it can no longer be seen or edited properly.
How am I supposed to provide support to clients? How can I access a Responsive site I built last week when Live View will not edit and Display will not display?
I feel this is a programming error, not a purposeful act.

Problems with fluid grid layout live site only showing phone view in Chrome and Firefox Feb 2015

Hi all,
I have done a complex fluid grid layout using DW 2014 CC. The site has now gone live on the web masters server setup.
Up until now the layout of the site has been working fine and responding to screen size.
Early this morning in the USA the site stopped working. The layout for some users, not all, is only showing the phone view, and takes a long time to load.
This is happening in Chrome and Firefox, but IE is displaying the site properly.
So it looks like the CSS media queries are not working on all browsers.
I am using BC for the test site, and one user having this problem can see that version of the site OK.
I noticed that Chrome has done some updates recently Chrome Releases
Has anyone else come across this problem with Chrome and Firefox with their responsive layouts?
Thanks for any help given.

Hi Ben,
Yes, thanks for this link. The Travel Health Website is one of ours, hosted on BC, and no reported problems so far. We also have another large BC website with ga code in it and users are not reporting problems with it. The Headless Way
However the problem website is hosted elsewhere on a different platform to BC. We have been developing it for three months now, and no problems so far until yesterday. The problem of the site taking ages to load, and timing out seems to be happening with about 10% of users in the USA. http://www.harrisonassessments.com/
The web developer found a user in NZ who was experiencing the slow display problem. They looked at the site with Chrome, Firefox and IE. The site would only display on IE. When the developer removed the google analytics code, the site displayed fine on all browsers for the NZ user. We are waiting for users in the USA to wake up and test the site.
So the problem definitely is related to the ga code and the responsive layout that was done by me in DW2014.1 fluid grid layout. So the related problem of DW2014.1 not being able to load htm files with ga code in them looks to be a good clue to what is going on here.
As there was a bug report for DW2014.1 and google analytics code made in the other thread, I would be interested to know if that was ever solved.
It is interesting that you are pushing Bootstrap and Foundation on me. (Big square websites here I come! lol)
I wonder if DW is going to persist with fluid grid layout then? I certainly hope so, as I have spent 12 months blood sweat and tears learning how to do it in DW.

How to Include More Than One Font and Font Color Within a Fluid Grid Div Tag?

Using CSS code, I can make all the words within a fluid grid div tag the same font, font size, and font color, but how do I make a few of the words different?

You can style the basic text and heading selectors with CSS:
p { }
h1 { }
h2 { }
h3 { }
h4 { }
etc...
And you can make classes:
.red {color:red}
.highlight {background-color:yellow}
Then apply classes to your text or sections of it using the HTML properties panel.
<div>
     <p>This is a default paragraph style.</p>
     <p class="red">This is red.</p>
     <p class="highlight">This is highlighted.</p>
     <p>Default style with <span class="red highlight">red, highlighted text</span> and normal text.</p>
</div>
Incidentally, this will work in any layout.
How to Develop with CSS?
http://phrogz.net/css/HowToDevelopWithCSS.html
Nancy O.

Dreamweaver CC has "internal error... while resizing a view" when asked to creat a fluid grid layout

Excited for expanded fluid grid layout features it had, I got Dreamweaver Creative Cloud SPECIFICALLY for that feature.
Sign up, download, install went smoothly. Open Dreamweaver CC, create new fluid grid layout, hit OK, name and desigante location of .css file and get the following error.
"An internal error occurred while resizing a view. (Cview::ResizeFrameBy)" OK
I click OK and nothing happens. App freezes. No css, no files. No nothing.
Have tried restarting, re-installing, different names and destinations for .css file. I'm running Mac 10.8.2
Literally, this is the first thing I've done w/ an ACC app and I am displeased and frustrated. Getting customer service either via forum or offshore phone call less than ideal.
(apologies for spelling error in subj. can't edit it)

Can you try the steps mentioned on the thread: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5420680
Verified Fix :
For all the Dreamweaver crashes on opening Fluid Grid pages , Closing Documents or opening files
Please make sure the default system fonts are all enabled - especially Verdana
On MAC -
Open Font BOOK from Applications
Activate VERDANA FAmily of Fonts
-Harshit yadav

More insight on divs with fluid grids please!

Help me come further up the CS6 fluid grid learning curve, please!
I'm adapting an exiting site to fluid grids. After creating the template for the primary pages, I have two major issues at this point(yeah, only two, SO FAR).
1- I have a vertically expanding menu in the first layout div. For tablets, I want to preserve the left grid column space for the menu, regardless of its length, and all other content would use just the right gid columns. But when the menu happens to be short, the "excess" content floats left under the menu grid columns. How can I force main page content to only occupy the right grid columns, regardless of the length of the menu?
As a side point to the menu, what happens when I try to put this (or the footer) all back in an SSI, as it originally was?
2 - I've seen the note about no support for nested layout divs. Thru trial and error, I'm still trying to figure out just what this means. Pragmatically, what is the greater implication of this? Can format be controlled only on fluid grid layout divs? Can't I have divs inside of a grid layout div to control image palcement around the text for instance? I've had hit=n-miss experience with this so far.
Can anybody point me to a more in-depth discussion on this topic?
Sorry if this ol' dog seems like he's learning div layout all over again. But hey! That IS how it feels!
Thanks for any education, or pointers to such, that you can provide.

Not sure I completely understand what you want. But in this example, I have set nav and LayoutDivs 5, 6, 7 to display:none in smaller devices.
http://alt-web.com/FluidGrid/Fluid2.html
I did this inside a media query within my Content.css file:
/* Special Rules for Mobiles. */
@media only screen and (max-width: 480px) {
   /**hide some divs**/
     nav, #LayoutDiv5, #LayoutDiv6, #LayoutDiv7 { display: none }
     /**show jQuery buttons**/
     #togglenav { display: block }
     #showDivs { display: block }
Then I used a simple jQuery toggle to show/hide divs.
http://jsfiddle.net/NancyO/AP9Hm/
Nancy O.

How to setup a default direction for new divs in fluid grid layout in dreamweaver?

Hi,
how to setup a default direction for new divs in fluid grid layout in dreamweaver? I am an RTL interface user, I need my new divs to be inserted from right to left not Left to Right! could it be in dreamweaver?
Thanks.

This may get me into strife, but my experience is that you are better off finding another platform for your RWD.
The framework that I tend to use is by Zub-Foundation http://foundation.zurb.com/.
A commercial product that I have come to appreciate can be found here http://www.projectseven.com/products/tools/composer/index.htm. Please do not mention me if you happen to choose this product.

How to setup a default size for new divs in fluid grid layout in dreamweaver?

Hi,
how to setup a default size for a new divs in fluid grid layout in dreamweaver? I don't need the default size for new divs as a 100% width, I need them 13.69% as a one coulmn width only (7 coulmns fluid grids layout for desktop size 1000w).
This problem I've faced when I intended to insert dozens of fluid grid divs in the layout.

Sorry, I don't believe that you have had a good look at the Foundation framework. I'll now hold your hand while we go through the basics.
Here is the specific page http://foundation.zurb.com/docs/components/grid.html
The default values are
Em-base : 16px
Row width: 62.5em (62.5em x 16px = 1000px)
Columns per row: 12
These and other default values can be changed. The fact of the matter is that if you stipulate a section width of 2 or 3 or 12 columns, the widths will automatically be calculated for you.
In your case, if you want 7 columns, all you need to do is change the number of columns per row and the rest is done for you.

Why does DW CC 2014.1 Fluid Grid load HTML file that contains Google Analytics Tracking Code script so slowly?

I exclusively work in Fluid Grid since my site is a Responsive Web Design. I'm having trouble with slow load time in DW CC 2014.1, when my file, as they all do of course, has the Google Analytics Tracking Code script.
I'm on a Windows 8.1 using a Dell Precision M3800 Laptop with Memory 16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 . Each of our site's 180 or so web pages, of course, has its Google Analytics Tracking Code script. It is placed, following Google instructions, as the last entry in the <head>. Google Analytics does not instruct to place the script in the JS Folder with an scr to it, but rather in the <head>. It takes up to one and a half or two minutes for DW CC 2014.1 to load the Google Analytics Tracking Code script . That is, the grid does not show in Live View until finally analytics.js shows up in the Document Toolbar. A minute or two can add up when every page you load takes this long. And, making new Fluid Grid pages, as is done, through the Save As command; every new page made you have to deal with the minute or two wait time since all those pages have the Google Analytics Tracking Code script. Therefore, this time component alone, assuming I'm accessing and/or making 20 pages per week (and in our business this is easily the case) the math is that I'm wasting between 17 and 35 hours per year just with DW CC 2014.1 loading the much needed Google Analytics Tracking Code script.
I have loaded HTML files that do not have the Google Analytics Tracking Code script as a test and those files load at the normal quick speed.
Therefore, the new Chromium Embedded Framework browser engine has a serious load problem when it confronts an HTML5 file with a Google Analytics Tracking Code script. Oddly, the prior DW CC 2014 version, with the old browser engine did not have this slow-load problem since I was loading these same files in that DW CC version up until October 8th or so.
I think this new browser engine is a Google platform that apparently has a problem rendering or loading a Google Analytics Tracking Code script. That makes no sense.
Anyone else had this particular slow-load problem with DW CC 2014.1?
Thanks.

Wow. That sure solved the slow-load problem, at least using your suggested snippet in a simple test HTML file.
Per Google's instructions, I pasted the snippet before the closing </head> tag. And, even in that positioning in the file; the file loaded at the speed (about one second) that it did prior to DW 2014.1.
Two questions.
Will this snippet provide the same tracking data as my current GA snippet?
Because my current GA snippet is in about 200 web pages, can I retain the old snippet in most of them and place the new snippet in my approximately 5 main web pages as well as my templates so my new pages, as well as my main pages, have the new snippet. That is, can I have both snippets (i.e. old snippet in earlier pages and new snippet in main pages and new pages to be made going forward) in my website at the same time?
Of course I would not have both the old and new snippet in a web page at the same time.
I greatly appreciate any assistance anyone can provide me on this issue and thank all of you in advance.
I've provided code for both simple test files below.
Code for Asynchronous Syntax of GA script:
<!doctype html>




<html class="">

<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Test Asynchronous GA Tracking Code In Head</title>
<link href="css/boilerplate.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">


<script src="js/respond.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-73425000-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="gridContainer clearfix">
<div id="div1" class="fluid">
    <div id="test1" class="fluid ">This is the content for Layout Div Tag "test1"</div>
   <div id="test2" class="fluid ">This is the content for Layout Div Tag "test2"</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Code for older GA script snippet:
<!doctype html>




<html class="">

<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Test GA Tracking Code In Head</title>
<link href="css/boilerplate.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">


<script src="js/respond.min.js"></script>
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-73425000-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="gridContainer clearfix">
<div id="div1" class="fluid">
    <div id="test1" class="fluid ">This is the content for Layout Div Tag "test1"</div>
   <div id="test2" class="fluid ">This is the content for Layout Div Tag "test2"</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Div options toolbar not displayed correctly in fluid grid layout

When I select an inserted element in fluid grid layout, the options to hide, duplicate or delete the Div are not displayed. I only have the 'move up a row' arrow displayed. How do get the other options to display on the mini toolbar? My DW CS6 version is V12.0 Build 5861.

It is called as the 'Smart HUD' and was made available in 12.2 CCM (Creative Cloud) update. Your version is 12.0 which looks like a regular non-cloud license.
Are you actually a Creative Cloud subscriber? If not, you'll have to wait for a perpetual license upgrade in order to see/ use this feature.

Dreamweaver CC fluid grid controls disappearing and other info

Hi All,
I have finally completed my first commercial fluid grid design in Dreamweaver CC and it was a bit of a mission.
One disconcerting thing about the program is that the fluid grid controls keep disappearing. You know, the ones where you can hide the div, duplicate it, move it up or down, or delete it.
I have found that when this happens, I need to close the html file I am working on in DW CC and then open it again. The controls then appear again, so you can rearrange your various layouts as demonstrated in those breezy demo videos about DW CC fluid grid layouts.
So don't just conclude you have broken the code when these controls disappear, try closing and opening the file again first.
Also you need to insert all the divs you need for all layouts in the mobile phone layout, as that is the main layout, governing all the others because of the way the media queries are set up in the CSS file that is created when you start your fluid grid layout.
I could not work out how to reorder divs in the different layouts, this may not be possible at the moment. Instead I created divs in the phone layout to cover all of the divs needed in the three layout sizes and switched them off and on in the various layouts. This works really well, but I found that DW behaved strangely if I switched a div off in the mobile layout and then tried to style it in one of the other layouts. So I suggest styling all of the divs first for all the layouts before switching any of them off in the mobile layout.
Also you can't copy the contents of one div and put them in another without freaking the program out, especially if you are working in a div that is hidden in the mobile layout.
I suggest saving regularly as you add new divs and style them and view live in a browser immediately, as the preview in DW CC is not reliable. It can't show rounded div corners or shadows for example.
Keep an eye on the code as it is built by your use of the CSS Properties panel. If it starts going wrong, close the html file without saving it or the attached CSS file. Then go back in and try what you want to do again.
If you save weird code errors, your work could be so compromised that you need to start all over again. So quit out without saving if you notice this.
After much experimentation I now insert images into a div, rather than make them a background image, as the background image will not completely show if the content of the div is not long enough. This may require a rethink of your design.
Doing any absolute sizes in a div will make the responsive design very hard to style and possibly break the code, so I don't suggest it.
Adding padding to a div can make it stick out of right edge of the design, I am not sure why this is the case and could not work out how to stop it. So use low pixel numbers in the padding of a div.
Also control z seems to be a sudden death move, so I stopped doing that.
So my first job has been a bit of a ride, but I seem to be nearly there on my first design.
I think DW CC is still a work in progress and I look forward to further updates of the software.

Hi Top Ten,
You can't get them back once they go. You now need to edit the css code manually to do the same thing.
For instance if you want divs to sit beside each other you put this in the css for that div:
clear: none;
This css means that div will allow other divs to sit beside it.
Then put in a width in percentages. For example if you have three divs that need to sit beside each other put:
width: 33%;
in each of them. Or maybe:
width: 31%;
margin-right: 2%;
Fortunately in DWCC it is now robust enough for you to do those code changes by hand. My original question in this thread was posed when DW CC fluid grid had just come out and crashed easily. A year later all is well, so you can do those changes in the css code without problems now.
Regards,
Mary

DW CC Fluid Grid Rulers

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