Expand Files Panel confusion

G'day. I just (reluctantly) downloaded a new version of
Dreamweaver CS3, after being advised by Adobe that my old, crashing
version (MX 2004) would no longer work with Mac OSX 10.5 (leopard).
What I want to do is use the Expand Files Panel function so
that I can view my remote and local files side-by-side, for simple
FTP access (as I used to do with MX 2004). I cannot figure out a
way to do this.
This is really the only use I have for Dreamweaver - I use it
to shuttle files back and forth using FTP and update them from time
to time. I really hope that it will be possible to have this
side-by-side view in the new version.
Does anyone know how to make this view appear?
Thanks.

Nope. That didn't work.
Maybe I'm real dumb. I find the files panel (with tabs
showing Files, Assets, Snippets)
I click the files tab, and click F8. The files are revealed
in window below. There are no icons (just a blue link to 'manage
files')
On the 'Files' menubar (far right) is a small black icon. I
click on that and see (among other things) 'Expand Files Panel'. I
click on that and it opens a new window with all my files and a
bunch of icons on the menu bar. There is a drop down menu which
lets me switch between my hard disk, the website and something
called 'Computer'. But no side-by-side view.
On the far right of the men bar is an icon which (when I run
the mouse over it) says "collapse to show only local or remote
file". It takes me straight back to where I was.
Whatever I do, I cannot seem to get a side-by-side view, with
my website on the left and local files on the right.
What am I doing wrong?

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2004 - The
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which gives me this
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Thanks for any help.

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"enoether" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I would like to use Dreamweavers's ftp capability to send
my files to a
> remote server. I've read the instructions in
"Dreamweaver MX 2004 - The
> Missing Manual" by David McFarland. However, the
screenshots of the Files
> Panel don't look like Files Panel in my session: I don't
have a row of
> buttons of File Transfer Tools. In other words, there is
no toolbar for
> the
> files
> panel -- unless I click on the option Expand Files Panel
which gives me
> this
> Files Panel in its own separate window.
>
> Also, when I expand, I don't see how to get the views of
the local and
> remote
> sites side-by-side.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>

How to make Files Panel stay visible (on Mac)

this has always driven me crazy, and now i'm at the top of the iceberg.
whenever i'm working in dreamweaver (on Mac with CS5 currently), and i need to pop over to another application or the Finder, i HATE that i have to either cmd+tab or click the icon in the dock to get back to DW. i so wish there was a way to make the expanded files panel STAY visible no matter what app is in the foreground/focus.
does anybody have any solutions? are there any extensions or widgets or hacks to make this happen? i've gone thru each menu option & preference option and can't find anything that would do this.
thanks!

@SnakEyez02
thank you for your suggestion.
i guess what i want just isn't possible yet. in the rest of the CS5 suite i use (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) the Window Menu -> Application Frame option which keeps it all open/visible all the time. i don't know why Adobe hasn't yet put that option into DW.
but at 'least' i was hoping there was a hack or extension that'll keep at leat the files panel open/visible all the time.

Folders in Files panel always expanded

I have another thread that hasn't been answered (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/934856), so I'm trying alternate wording.
In the Files Panel there are several folders that are always expanded when I initially open Dreamweaver.
I can collapse the folders, but as soon as I expand another folder, the original folders auto-expand themselves. It's very annoying.
I noticed that Illustrator's Layers Panel exhibits similar behavior. They must have been coded in a similar way.
Anyone know how to stop this behavior?

I'm not the OP but I did figure out a fix for me. Not sure if it will fix the problem for others but here is what I did.
First let me add here that I did find that when I upgraded to the new Creative Cloud version of DW and it imported my 12.0 site settings, the problem followed those settings into the 13.0 version.
Im on a Mac so these instructions would need to be taylored to the PC in regards to the location of the file referenced. And I am not sure if it's even the same file on the PC. So I can only speak for my experience on the Mac.
I've fixed my 12.0 version and my 13.0 version this way.
It was a corrupted "Site Prefs" file. I tried to fix it, but the entries where so mixed up that there was no way that was going to work. So I deleted the "Site Prefs" file and let DW recreate it.
In order to recreate the Site Prefs file, it meant loosing all of my site settings.
To make things less painful...
Open DW and go to Manage Sites. Select all sites and do an export of all .ste files, with passwords and user names, into a temperary folder and close DW.
Now find file folder called "12.0" or 13.0" in the Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/12.0 (13.0 for the cloud version)/Sites/ and rename it to "12.0_old" or whatever. (Note: you may need to Option-click the Go Menu in the Finder in order to get the Library choice to appear).
Reopen DW and it will recreate a new blank "Site Prefs" file. Go to "Manage Sites..." and click on "Import Site". Select all of the .ste files and import them.
DW will update the site's cache the first time you open each site and it might also ask you to give permission to access the password stored in you keychain. Choose "Always Allow" for each one.
That's it. Now my corrupted folder doesn't pop open every time I click on another folder.
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DW CS6 (12.0 build 5861) &/or DW CC (13.0 build 6391)
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That would be a pain, and it's definitely unexpected
behavior. I recommend
you contact Adobe directly and use one of your one-on-one
support incidents.
http://www.adobe.com/support/programs/dreamweaver/index.html?tab:contact=1
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"Waeccan" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Using DW 8 in Windows XP, open File Panel expanded view.
(F8)
>
> When I open a page from my site (local file) the page
opens int he editing
> view but the File Panel view remains in front of the
page I want to work
> on.
> The only way to get rid of it is to collapse it (F8),
which is a pain in
> the
> butt.
>
> Using the Mac version the page you selected to edit
appears automatically
> in
> front of the File Panel.
>
> Thanks
>
>

Missing buttons on file panel

Hi There,
I have just switched from MX to 8 and am having trouble
puting files to the server. When I go to Window, File, the file
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working. I've been through the preference box, and can't find
anything to adjust the preferences. Any suggestions?

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a lot of things I don't understand. Is there a troubleshooting
tree? That way I don't have to sift through information that does
not apply. (It is overwhelming and confusing)
I did not mention that 1.) I switched from a PC to a Mac the
same time I upgraded to DW8. And 2.) I downloaded the trial version
of DW8, so I could use it until I got the DW8 cd. I am pretty sure
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There are 2 folders in my Files Panel which won't stay collapsed. When I open Dreamweaver, they are expanded. If I click the arrow next to them a few times they will eventually collapse, but then as soon as I open any other file or folder they re-expand themselves. This first started back when I was using Dreamweaver CS5 with one folder which refused to collapse. A year later, I had updated to Dreamweaver CS6, and now had 2 folders which wouldn't stay collapsed. This morning I updated to Dreamweaver CC, and the same 2 folders still won't stay collapsed!
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http://forums.adobe.com/message/4418090
http://forums.adobe.com/message/975917
http://forums.adobe.com/message/3596836
http://forums.adobe.com/message/938616
http://forums.adobe.com/message/809937
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As Jon Suggested , try rebuilding the site Cache
Allow me to Quote another DW user
First let me add here that I did find that when I upgraded to the new Creative Cloud version of DW and it imported my 12.0 site settings, the problem followed those settings into the 13.0 version.
Im on a Mac so these instructions would need to be taylored to the PC in regards to the location of the file referenced. And I am not sure if it's even the same file on the PC. So I can only speak for my experience on the Mac.
I've fixed my 12.0 version and my 13.0 version this way.
It was a corrupted "Site Prefs" file. I tried to fix it, but the entries where so mixed up that there was no way that was going to work. So I deleted the "Site Prefs" file and let DW recreate it.
In order to recreate the Site Prefs file, it meant loosing all of my site settings.
To make things less painful...
Open DW and go to Manage Sites. Select all sites and do an export of all .ste files, with passwords and user names, into a temperary folder and close DW.
Now find file folder called "12.0" or 13.0" in the Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/12.0 (13.0 for the cloud version)/Sites/ and rename it to "12.0_old" or whatever. (Note: you may need to Option-click the Go Menu in the Finder in order to get the Library choice to appear).
Reopen DW and it will recreate a new blank "Site Prefs" file. Go to "Manage Sites..." and click on "Import Site". Select all of the .ste files and import them.
DW will update the site's cache the first time you open each site and it might also ask you to give permission to access the password stored in you keychain. Choose "Always Allow" for each one.
That's it. Now my corrupted folder doesn't pop open every time I click on another folder.
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I open a lot of files at one time to work on similar coding but when expanding the Files Panel, it moves left and gets into the way of the scroll bars. I have to close Files to get access to the scroll bars. I want the Files/Assets panels to remain open as a dropdown in the right handed Panel set like in CS6. The pop-out Files panel gets into the way. I just want it to remain open in the panels column.
Anyone know how to do that? I find I keep going back to CS6 because I can work faster without dealing with the pop-outs.
Thanks!

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but...
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Hi,
When I press the F8 key Dreamweaver displays the Files Panel, but it is the small one that expands from the panel column. What I want is the full one.
It's really annoying to have to press F8 to expand the Files Panel and then have to mouse to the right corner and click on "Expand to show local and remote sites."
Maybe there is another shortcut key i should be entering?
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question i have is... i'm unable to locate the tool bar icons on
the file panel that should be illustrated on the right hand side of
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Jo
"circusmagic" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> i'm a first time user for the dreamweaver 8 (for a mac).
the question i
> have
> is... i'm unable to locate the tool bar icons on the
file panel that
> should be
> illustrated on the right hand side of the screen. i only
show a drop menu
> for
> where i can locate my file and a 'manage sites' link.
>
> under the file panel, i'm unable to locate the REFRESH,
GET FILE, PUT
> FILES,
> CHECK OUT FILES, and the EXPAND button.
>
> if i expand the file panel, i only show the LOCAL FILES
and no REMOTE
> SITE.
>
> can anyone provide assistance?
>

Reset Files Panel

I don't know if I have a different version of Dreamweaver 8,
but my "Files" panel (with assests and snippets) panel does not
have all of the icons used to connect to the server and upload. It
only has a drop down window that lists local files and a manage
sites link. When I go to my site files, there is no way to upload
them. When I go to expanded window view, I can see all of the icons
now but they are greyed out and I cannot use them. I think I have
found a major glitch in Dreamweaver. I'm trying to upload my image
folder and had to upload them one slice at a time and it took 45
minutes. Maybe this is the way you have to do it. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

Did you try right clicking on the image and selecting "reset
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Have you seen if this same problem occurs on another site?
Just to be sure
I understand, you have a folder named "foo", and if it
contains a folder
named "foo" you see an unknown file type?
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"WPPRob" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I'm running Dreamweaver 8 on Mac OS X accessing a
connected samba file
> share.
> In the file panel, I noticed something strange. Some
directories do not
> show
> as folders, but as an unknown file type. Refreshing the
list produces the
> same. I began looking at the pattern of strange
directories. Every one
> that
> has a problem contains a subdirectory named the same as
the parent. By
> renaming the subdirectory to something different, and
then refreshing the
> file
> panel, they appeared normally. Since I cannot rename all
of the
> subdirectories, I need a better solution. Any
suggestions would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>

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