harryd Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 How can I solve this problem. When I hide the right side options in dreamweaver to make design area bigger the layout becomes all broken. Huge margin between header and content and the left column shows top right. When I keep the working area with all the right side options to be visible everything is fine. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtual Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I presume you are looking at your page in Design View. Closing your files/css/etc panels on the right side of your screen should not affect your layout. Have you tested your page in a browser? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkencreative Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 What version of Dreamweaver are you using? If you are using CS3 or earlier, it is known to show CSS layouts incorrectly -- you really can't trust what you see in Design View, you have to view it in a browser instead. I don't know if you are working with a css based layout or tables based layout, but that may be the problem. Apparently CS4's Design View is much improved. Otherwise, it may also be that your site is coded incorrectly, so the layout breaks when the browser size changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryd Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 In the browser looks fine. Thanks virtual for your quick reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryd Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 What version of Dreamweaver are you using? If you are using CS3 or earlier, it is known to show CSS layouts incorrectly -- you really can't trust what you see in Design View, you have to view it in a browser instead. I don't know if you are working with a css based layout or tables based layout, but that may be the problem. Apparently CS4's Design View is much improved. Otherwise, it may also be that your site is coded incorrectly, so the layout breaks when the browser size changes. I am using CS3 with css layout. When I test in browsers looks fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtual Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 No prob. As Ben says Design View is notoriously bad in DW3 and before. As long as your page views correctly in different browsers then don't worry about it, and certainly don't use it to design with. I have one page in a site that doesn't even show up in DW design view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryd Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Thanks I am working on my first web site and I have still a lot to learn. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBall Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Apparently CS4's Design View is much improved. Much. Still not 100% trustworthy though. Leaps and bounds above CS3, just not perfect yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lm Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 get yourself Firefox and install Web Developer bar plugin to it. With this Developer bar, besides all, you'll have a possibility to edit/save CSS while you in browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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