What's new in Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Dreamweaver includes the following new features and interfaces that are extensible. Each of these features has new related functions, which are listed in the Adobe Dreamweaver API Reference.

• Improved site synchronization

  The comparison of local and remote files is more reliable in Adobe Dreamweaver.

• Copy and paste improvements

  Copy and paste choices have been simplified. Users can also now set the default behavior of a paste operation to be to paste text only.

• Site root-relative links mapping has been improved.
• Code collapse

  Adobe Dreamweaver now lets users selectively collapse or expand segments of code.

• Code view toolbar

  Adobe Dreamweaver now provides a toolbar in Code view that allows quick access to commonly used commands.

• Background file transfer

  This feature lets users to do other things in Adobe Dreamweaver while processing server-related tasks.

• File compare integration

  Adobe Dreamweaver now lets users launch a third-party file comparison application to compare two local files, two remote files, or the local and remote versions of a file.

• Streamlined handling of CSS styles

  The CSS Styles and Relevant CSS panels have been combined. The Design panel is now named CSS; the CSS Styles panel is now named Styles. There is now a menu option for Document CSS Styles and Selection CSS Styles in the Window menu. In addition, an Edit Rule button has been added to the Property inspector.

• Visual aids for CSS divs and layers

  Adobe Dreamweaver now includes visual aids to let users see their CSS page layout.

• Zooming in and out

  Adobe Dreamweaver now lets users zoom in and out while viewing their web pages.

• Guides

  Adobe Dreamweaver now lets users create guides in their documents.