DW Split View - Design View

When working in DW in Split View, when the user clicks into
the Design View window the view automatically updates the view if
code view has changed.
Can i intercept this? Does it call a specific file or menu
command that i would have access to?
The reason:
We use DW as a stand alone HTML editor and some of the files
we work with are extremely large and each time a change is made in
code view and tusers click into design view it auto updates the
deisgn view and this could end up taking some time. i would like to
manually control this if possible?
Thanks

I think it is probably the type of document you are creating,
for example if
you go to open a javascript or xml or css document, it goes
to code and
grays out the disign and split views. So you might be opening
the wrong type
of document.
Gary
"LouisCat" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> In Dreamweaver CS3 (9.0.3453), when starting a new site,
only the CODE
> preview
> button is available - Split/Design views are grayed out.
>
> Also, everything in the submenu under View > Visual
Aids is also gray
> Also, Refresh Design View is gray.
>
> I'm a visual kinda guy, and haven't been able to find a
fix via Google.
>
> NOTE: Everything was ok when first loading, then blew
out. Haven't been
> able
> to fix, and reinstalling doesn't work (I use Revo
Uninstaller to totally
> remove, so as to get a clean install - nothing)
>
> Many thanx for any help.
>
> - LouisCat
>

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>I just started having an extremely annoying issue in
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>is
> completely messed up. I can switch to code view, but
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> Just a
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file (like css
> file) in
> code view, I see a ghost of the last view. Since css
files don't have a
> split
> or design view, I'm screwed. Cannot firgure out how to
delete the config
> file.
> Do you think this would help? Would it erase any
settings I have currently
> set?
>
> I tried switching to a default layout, restarting and
all. No luck. Little
> help? :D
>

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view(or in a linked .css), and then click in Design view, the
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"harpo_" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I usually work with split code + design view
> When working with certain files and make a change in
code view(or in a
> linked
> .css), and then click in Design view, the Design view
goes totally or
> partially
> blank. Either nothing appears at all, or the content
appears up to some
> point,
> and the rest up to the end is blank.
> Once this happens, there is absolutely no way to make
the 'hidden' content
> visible. Tried to switch to another file, to select code
in code view, to
> edit
> in code view or even in design view - no go. I have to
close / open the
> file,
> and then it appears normally. But indeed I can't do this
every minite, is
> there
> some solution known?
>
> There is no stuff with visibility set to hidden or
alike, if the content
> is
> displayed - it's displayed correctly. Also looks OK in
all major browsers.
>
> Thanks
>

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These have been showing for years, now in CS5 and previously in version 8. I didn't change any settings, they just stopped showing today. The pages work properly online. I use this code snippet for a variety of objects per page. All .asp files.   I feel like something stupid accidentally got changed. Just not sure what. I have found lots online about initial set-up errors, but mine was working.
advice?

Thanks Nancy...   Here is what I found. Maybe you (or someone could shed some light on this for me).
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The page opens in code view, and when I try to switch to
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read my reply
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 20:27:49 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: dreamweaver cs6 crashes when switching from design to live view
    Re: dreamweaver cs6 crashes when switching from design to live view
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Hi,
Can you try the solutions mentioned in this document?
http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/kb/crash-live-view-dreamweaver-cs5. html
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Would it be a good time to upgrade to Mavericks?

Hello MacRatclic,
Can you please provide more information listed below. Its difficult to understand the issue from the thread description.
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- Is the crash reproducible by clicking anywhere in Design view or is it restricted to certain element.
- Crash Report would help us to analyse the root cause.
You can contact me on yprasad_@_adobe_._com(please ignore the underscores. They are added to avoid spam bots).
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