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  1. Dreamweaver User Guide
  2. Introduction
    1. Responsive web design basics
    2. What's new in Dreamweaver
    3. Web development using Dreamweaver - An Overview
    4. Dreamweaver / Common Questions
    5. Keyboard shortcuts
    6. Dreamweaver system requirements
    7. Feature summary
  3. Dreamweaver and Creative Cloud
    1. Synchronize Dreamweaver settings with Creative Cloud
    2. Creative Cloud Libraries in Dreamweaver
    3. Using Photoshop files in Dreamweaver
    4. Work with Adobe Animate and Dreamweaver
    5. Extract web-optimized SVG files from Libraries
  4. Dreamweaver workspaces and views
    1. The Dreamweaver workspace
    2. Optimize Dreamweaver workspace for visual development
    3. Search files based on filename or content | Mac OS
  5. Set up sites
    1. About Dreamweaver sites
    2. Set up a local version of your site
    3. Connect to a publishing server
    4. Set up a testing server
    5. Import and export Dreamweaver site settings
    6. Bring existing websites from a remote server to your local site root
    7. Accessibility features in Dreamweaver
    8. Advanced settings
    9. Set site preferences for transferring files
    10. Specify proxy server settings in Dreamweaver
    11. Synchronize Dreamweaver settings with Creative Cloud
    12. Using Git in Dreamweaver
  6. Manage files
    1. Create and open files
    2. Manage files and folders
    3. Getting and putting files to and from your server
    4. Check in and check out files
    5. Synchronize files
    6. Compare files for differences
    7. Cloak files and folders in your Dreamweaver site
    8. Enable Design Notes for Dreamweaver sites
    9. Preventing potential Gatekeeper exploit
  7. Layout and design
    1. Use visual aids for layout
    2. About using CSS to lay out your page
    3. Design responsive websites using Bootstrap
    4. Creating and using media queries in Dreamweaver
    5. Present content with tables
    6. Colors
    7. Responsive design using fluid grid layouts
    8. Extract in Dreamweaver
  8. CSS
    1. Understand Cascading Style Sheets
    2. Laying out pages using CSS Designer
    3. Using CSS preprocessors in Dreamweaver
    4. How to set CSS Style preferences in Dreamweaver
    5. Move CSS rules in Dreamweaver
    6. Convert inline CSS to a CSS rule in Dreamweaver
    7. Work with div tags
    8. Apply gradients to background
    9. Create and edit CSS3 transition effects in Dreamweaver
    10. Format code
  9. Page content and assets
    1. Set page properties
    2. Set CSS heading properties and CSS link properties
    3. Work with text
    4. Find and replace text, tags, and attributes
    5. DOM panel
    6. Edit in Live View
    7. Encoding documents in Dreamweaver
    8. Select and view elements in the Document window
    9. Set text properties in the Property inspector
    10. Spell check a web page
    11. Using horizontal rules in Dreamweaver
    12. Add and modify font combinations in Dreamweaver
    13. Work with assets
    14. Insert and update dates in Dreamweaver
    15. Create and manage favorite assets in Dreamweaver
    16. Insert and edit images in Dreamweaver
    17. Add media objects
    18. Adding videos in Dreamweaver
    19. Insert HTML5 video
    20. Insert SWF files
    21. Add audio effects
    22. Insert HTML5 audio in Dreamweaver
    23. Work with library items
    24. Using Arabic and Hebrew text in Dreamweaver
  10. Linking and navigation
    1. About linking and navigation
    2. Linking
    3. Image maps
    4. Troubleshoot links
  11. jQuery widgets and effects
    1. Use jQuery UI and mobile widgets in Dreamweaver
    2. Use jQuery effects in Dreamweaver
  12. Coding websites
    1. About coding in Dreamweaver
    2. Coding environment in Dreamweaver
    3. Set coding preferences
    4. Customize code coloring
    5. Write and edit code
    6. Code hinting and code completion
    7. Collapse and expand code
    8. Reuse code with snippets
    9. Lint code
    10. Optimize code
    11. Edit code in Design view
    12. Work with head content for pages
    13. Insert server-side includes in Dreamweaver
    14. Using tag libraries in Dreamweaver
    15. Importing custom tags into Dreamweaver
    16. Use JavaScript behaviors (general instructions)
    17. Apply built-in JavaScript behaviors
    18. About XML and XSLT
    19. Perform server-side XSL transformations in Dreamweaver
    20. Performing client-side XSL transformations in Dreamweaver
    21. Add character entities for XSLT in Dreamweaver
    22. Format code
  13. Cross-product workflows
    1. Installing and using extensions to Dreamweaver
    2. In-App updates in Dreamweaver
    3. Insert Microsoft Office documents in Dreamweaver (Windows only)
    4. Working with Fireworks and Dreamweaver
    5. Edit content in Dreamweaver sites using Contribute
    6. Dreamweaver-Business Catalyst integration
    7. Create personalized email campaigns
  14. Templates
    1. About Dreamweaver templates
    2. Recognizing templates and template-based documents
    3. Create a Dreamweaver template
    4. Create editable regions in templates
    5. Create repeating regions and tables in Dreamweaver
    6. Use optional regions in templates
    7. Define editable tag attributes in Dreamweaver
    8. How to create nested templates in Dreamweaver
    9. Edit, update, and delete templates
    10. Export and import xml content in Dreamweaver
    11. Apply or remove a template from an existing document
    12. Edit content in Dreamweaver templates
    13. Syntax rules for template tags in Dreamweaver
    14. Set highlighting preferences for template regions
    15. Benefits of using templates in Dreamweaver
  15. Mobile and multiscreen
    1. Create media queries
    2. Changing page orientation for mobile devices
    3. Create web apps for mobile devices using Dreamweaver
  16. Dynamic sites, pages and web forms
    1. Understand web applications
    2. Set up your computer for application development
    3. Troubleshoot database connections
    4. Removing connection scripts in Dreamweaver
    5. Design dynamic pages
    6. Dynamic content sources overview
    7. Define sources of dynamic content
    8. Add dynamic content to pages
    9. Changing dynamic content in Dreamweaver
    10. Display database records
    11. Provide and troubleshoot live data in Dreamweaver
    12. Add custom server behaviors in Dreamweaver
    13. Building forms using Dreamweaver
    14. Use forms to collect information from users
    15. Create and enable ColdFusion forms in Dreamweaver
    16. Create web forms
    17. Enhanced HTML5 support for form elements
    18. Develop a form using Dreamweaver
  17. Building applications visually
    1. Build master and detail pages in Dreamweaver
    2. Build search and results pages
    3. Build a record insert page
    4. Build an update record page in Dreamweaver
    5. Building record delete pages in Dreamweaver
    6. Use ASP commands to modify database in Dreamweaver
    7. Build a registration page
    8. Build a login page
    9. Build a page that only authorized users can access
    10. Securing folders in Coldfusion using Dreamweaver
    11. Using ColdFusion components in Dreamweaver
  18. Test, preview, and publish websites
    1. Preview pages
    2. Preview Dreamweaver web pages on multiple devices
    3. Test your Dreamweaver site
  19. Troubleshooting
    1. Fixed issues
    2. Known issues

 

 

We heard you! We've been working hard at fixing the issues you reported to us. Here's a list of issues we fixed in the latest release of Dreamweaver.

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May 2025 release (version 21.5)

  • Error 213 occurs on direct login via the previous version of Dreamweaver when the Creative Cloud Desktop is logged out.

May 2024 release (version 21.4)

  • Git Response dialogue is rendered blank on performing the Use Soft Reset pull operation, and the application must be forced quit.

  • Fixes for security vulnerabilities:
    • Insufficient validation of untrusted input allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page CVE-2021-21220 (Chromium Embedded Framework).
    • Malicious Git local configuration file leading to Arbitrary Code Execution upon importing Site Definition(.ste) file.

June 2022 release (version 21.3)

  • Page not loading completely in browser with Real-time preview.
  • Dreamweaver menu items cannot be invoked on macOS 12.
  • Code color renders as disabled on macOS versions Big Sur and Monterey.
  • Learn tab is displayed on the home screen.

October 2021 release (version 21.2)

  • Close button is not enabled in Advanced Find and Replace dialog on macOS Big Sur.

  • On macOS Big Sur, Code view renders black on changing the code view font to “Source Han Code JP” for Dw Japanese locale builds.

January 2021 release (version 21.1)

  • For the latest browsers with cross-website tracking option disabled, Device preview does not function.
  • Within Insert panel, irregular highlighting appears for character options.
  • [macOS 11.0] In the Insert panel, all the elements within drop-down lists are highlighted when hovered.
  • For Get operation workflow, File modified time is inaccurate when check in/ check out option is enabled within a site.
  • [macOS 11.0] UI text discrepency appears in Save As dialog.
  • [macOS 11.0] In the File open dialog, all files do not display when Option section is expanded.
  •  Security fix associated with the loading of configuration files during file transfer operations.

October 2020 release (version 21.0)

February 2021 release (version 20.2.1)

  •  Security fix associated with the loading of configuration files during file transfer operations.

June 2020 release (version 20.2)

  • macOS 10.15: In the site setup window, local root folder cannot be modified.
  • macOS 10.15: In a document, external CSS files cannot be attached.
  • macOS 10.15: In Dreamweaver,  save file and open file dialogs do not function.
  • macOS 10.15:  In external comparison tool like BBDiff, file comparison does not open.
  • macOS 10.15: In Open file or Save file dialog, the site root button does not function.
  • Dreamweaver installation fails and displays 141 error code .
  • On Selecting Edit menu>Sync Settings>Manage Creative Cloud Account or clicking Manage Account button in Preferences>Sync Settings, incorrect URL opens in browser.

February 2020 release (version 20.1)

  • In Live View Edit mode, Enter key does not function for immediate sibling elements of dynamic content to either split or create new elements.
  • Document is not auto pushed to testing server and uneditable in Live View while saving new changes.
  • macOS 10.15: Crash on synchronization of files.

November 2019 release (version 20.0)

  • First code hint in the list for PHP is always selected when no beginning characters are typed.
  • On typing initial letters, filtered PHP hints are not displayed in correct order.
  • In PHP code, not all MYSQLi Extension hints are available in the hints list.
  • CSS ID and class selectors added in HTML or related CSS files are not available in JS code for unsaved documents
  • Event handler code hints are not available in JQuery code.
  • While creating new Snippets, unable to select snippet type (Wrap Selection and Insert Block radio options)
  • On Replace All operation with Quick Find, scroll position jumps to the top of the document.
  • Trying to install Adobe Dreamweaver, installation fails with error code 198.

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