Redesigned menus

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. 

Dreamweaver 2015

Dreamweaver 2017

  • File
  • Edit
  • View
  • Insert
  • Tools
  • Find
  • Site
  • Window
  • Help

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.

Summary of changes in the File menu
Summary of changes in the File menu

Change

Menu item

Comments

Removed

 

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).

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.

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. 

Summary of changes in the Edit menu
Summary of changes in the Edit menu

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 

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.

View-specific menu items in Dreamweaver CC 2017
View-specific menu items in Dreamweaver 2017

Menu items

Applicable view

Location in Dreamweaver 2017

Code View Options

Code View

View > Code View Options

  • Visual Aids
  • Style Rendering
  • Guides
  • Tracing Image
  • Grid
  • Window Size
  • Magnification
  • Rulers

Design View

View > Design View Options

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.  

Moved and deleted options in the View menu
Moved and deleted options in the View menu

Change Menu item Comments
Moved
Split Vertically/Split Horizontally Now found within View > Split.
Hide Panels   Now found in the Window menu.
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.

Summary of changes in the Insert menu
Summary of changes in the Insert 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

Summary of changes in the Site menu
Summary of changes in the Site menu

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.

Summary of changes in the Window menu
Summary of changes in the Window menu

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

The following menus are removed from Dreamweaver 2017:

All the tasks located within these menus have been moved to other more appropriate menus. 

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 items moved out of the Modify menu
Menu items moved out of the Modify menu

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 items moved out of the Format menu
Menu items moved out of the Format menu

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 items moved out of the Commands menu
Menu items moved out of the Commands menu

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 > 

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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