Menu items
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Find out about all the menu changes in Dreamweaver 2017.
All the menus in Dreamweaver are redesigned in this release to make it easier to access the menu items.
Dreamweaver menus - A before and after snapshot
Here is a brief outline of the menus present in Dreamweaver 2015 and Dreamweaver 2017.
In summary:
- The Modify, Format, and Command menus have been removed, and all tasks located within it have been moved to other appropriate locations. For more information, see Menus removed from Dreamweaver 2017.
- The Tools and Find menus are newly added in Dreamweaver 2017, and tasks from other menus have been moved within it. For more information, see Menus added to Dreamweaver 2017.
- For information on what's changed within the other Dreamweaver menus, navigate to the required section to see a before and after snapshot indicating what's added, what's removed, and what's moved elsewhere.
File menu
The following menu items are added to the Files panel:
- Page Properties is moved from Modify > Page Properties to File > Page Properties.
- Attach Style Sheet is moved from Format > CSS Styles > Attach Style Sheet to File > Attach Style Sheet.
- Preview in Browser is now replaced with Real-time Preview.
- Word Document and Excel Document options are removed from Import.
There are no other changes to this menu.
Scan the following image to get a visual understanding of the menu items that have been added to the File menu.
Change |
Menu item |
Comments |
|---|---|---|
Removed
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Preview in Browser |
For this functionality, you can now right-click the filename in the Document toolbar and click Open in Browser. |
Import > Word Document Import > Excel Document |
For this functionality, you can now drag the Word or Excel document directly into the Dreamweaver page (Design View). |
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Added |
Attach Style Sheet |
Moved from Format > CSS Styles to File menu |
Real-time Preview |
New feature in Dreamweaver 2017. For more information, see Real-time preview. |
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Page Properties |
Moved from Modify menu to File menu |
Edit menu
The Edit menu is revamped to include all Edit-related tasks within it.
All text, paragraph, and list-related formatting tasks are now moved to the Edit menu.
Functions such as Clear and Live Search have been removed, and non edit-related tasks have been moved out to other menus.
Scan the following image to get a visual understanding of what's been removed, moved, and added. The table below it summarizes the changes as well.
| Change | Menu item | Comments |
| Removed | Clear | |
| Live Search | ||
| Refresh Code Hints | ||
| Moved | Code Hint Tools | Code view context menu |
| Indent Code | Edit > Code | |
| Outdent Code | ||
| Balance Braces | ||
| Tag Libraries | Tools > Tag Libraries | |
| Find and Replace | Find menu | |
| Find Selection | Find menu (visible only in Design view) | |
| Find Again | Find menu (renamed to Find Next) | |
| Added | Quick Tag Editor | Moved from Modify menu to Edit menu |
| Template Properties | ||
| Code | Includes code formatting options |
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| Text | Includes text indenting and formatting options | |
| Paragraph Format | Moved from Format menu to Edit menu | |
| List |
View menu
The following types of changes can be seen in the View menu:
- The View menu is view-specific in Dreamweaver 2017. That is, if you are working in Code View, then Design-specific options are not seen. Similarly, if you work in Design View, then Code View-specific options are not available. And if you work in Split view, then depending on the nature of the Split view, both Code and Design View options, or Code and Live View options are available.
- A number of options have been moved out of the View menu. Some of them have been moved to other menus, others have been deleted.
Scan the following image and the table beneath it to understand which menu items are view-specific in Dreamweaver 2017.
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Applicable view |
Location in Dreamweaver 2017 |
|---|---|---|
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Code View Options |
Code View |
View > Code View Options |
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Design View |
View > Design View Options |
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Live View Options |
Live View |
View > Live View Options |
Scan the following image to get a visual understanding of what's been removed and moved. The table below it summarizes the changes as well.
| Change | Menu item | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Moved |
Split Vertically/Split Horizontally | Now found within View > Split. |
| Hide Panels | Now found in the Window menu. |
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| Toolbars | ||
| Display External Files | Now found within View > Related Files Options | |
| Removed | Refresh Styles | |
| Toggle Live View |
Insert menu
The Insert menu remains unchanged. However Insert > Favorites is renamed to Insert > Customize Favorites in Dreamweaver 2017.
Site menu
The following site-specific menu items in the Site menu are now moved within Site > Site Options:
- Site-Specific Code Hints
- Synchronize Sitewide
- Check Links Sitewide
- Change Link Sitewide
Window menu
The History panel is deprecated in Dreamweaver 2017, and hence the History menu item is removed from the Window menu.
In addition, arrange-related options such as Cascade, Tile, and Combine as Tabs are moved under Window > Arrange.
Scan the following image to get a visual understanding of what's been removed and moved. The table below it summarizes the changes as well.
| Change | Menu item | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Removed | History | This feature is deprecated in Dreamweaver 2017, and hence this menu item is removed. For more information on deprecated features, see Deprecated features in Dreamweaver 2017. |
| Moved | Cascade | All these menu items are now moved under Window > Arrange. |
| Tile | ||
| Combine as Tabs |
Menus removed from Dreamweaver 2017
Modify menu
The Modify menu is removed in Dreamweaver 2017 and the menu items within it are now moved within other menus.
Scan the following image to get a visual understanding of where the Modify menu items are located in Dreamweaver 2017. The table below it summarizes the changes as well.
| Menu item | New location |
|---|---|
| Page Properties | File > Page Properties |
| Template Properties | Edit > Template Properties |
| Manage Fonts | Tools > Manage Fonts |
| Quick Tag Editor | Edit > Quick Tag Editor |
| Make Link | Edit > Link |
| Remove Link | |
| Open Linked Page | |
| Table | Edit > Table |
| Image | Edit > Image |
| Library | Tools |
| Templates |
Format menu
The Format menu is removed in Dreamweaver 2017 and the menu items within it are now moved within other menus.
Scan the following image to get a visual understanding of where the Format menu items are located in Dreamweaver 2017. The table below it summarizes the changes as well.
| Menu item | New location |
|---|---|
| Indent | Edit > Text > |
| Outdent | |
| Paragraph Format | Edit |
| List | |
| HTML Style | Tools > HTML |
| CSS Styles | Tools > CSS |
Commands menu
The Commands menu is removed in Dreamweaver 2017 and the menu items within it are now moved within other menus.
Scan the following image to get a visual understanding of where the Commands menu items are now located in Dreamweaver 2017. The table below it summarizes the changes as well.
| Menu item | New location |
|---|---|
| Edit Command List | Tools > Commands |
| Check Spelling | Tools > Spell Check |
| Apply Source Formatting | Edit > Code |
| Apply Source Formatting to Selection | |
| Clean Up HTML | Tools |
| Clean Up Word HTML | |
| Clean Up Web Fonts Script Tag (Current Page) | |
| Externalize JavaScript | |
| Remove FLV Detection | Deprecated |
| Optimize Image | Edit > Image > Optimize |
| Sort Table | Edit > Table > |
Menus added to Dreamweaver 2017
The following menus are added to Dreamweaver 2017:
- Tools - This menu includes tools related to HTML, CSS, libraries, templates, spelling, and commands.
- Find - All find-related options are here. For more information, see Find and replace text.
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