Dreamweaver - DW8 Trial - CSS Overflow bug

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DW8 Trial - CSS Overflow bug

mgdodge

2005-09-14, 4:20 am

I have a site design with a DIV tag that I wish to modify thus:

.scroll { overflow: auto; }

With this attribute defined in CSS, Dreamweaver will not let me edit the
content of that DIV tag in Design view. The cursor turns into the circle with a
slash, indicating that I can't even select the DIV at all. I have to go to code
view to do anything to it.

The same thing happens if I have overflow: hidden set in the CSS. I haven't
tried scroll or visible, but neither of those appeal to me in this design
anyways.

Anyone who has similar problems please post here, I'd like to know if I am
alone in this or if it is something more common.

System specs: WinXP SP2, DW8 Trial, 1GB RAM, 200GB HDD, etc.

Murray *TMM*

2005-09-14, 7:30 pm

Right click on the div's content. Select ELEMENT View > Full. Now you will
be able to edit it.

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"mgdodge" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I have a site design with a DIV tag that I wish to modify thus:
>
> .scroll { overflow: auto; }
>
> With this attribute defined in CSS, Dreamweaver will not let me edit the
> content of that DIV tag in Design view. The cursor turns into the circle
> with a
> slash, indicating that I can't even select the DIV at all. I have to go to
> code
> view to do anything to it.
>
> The same thing happens if I have overflow: hidden set in the CSS. I
> haven't
> tried scroll or visible, but neither of those appeal to me in this design
> anyways.
>
> Anyone who has similar problems please post here, I'd like to know if I am
> alone in this or if it is something more common.
>
> System specs: WinXP SP2, DW8 Trial, 1GB RAM, 200GB HDD, etc.
>

Mike Dodge

2005-09-14, 7:33 pm

This makes it really annoying, especially when you have nested layers
with different overflows. MX2004 doesn't behave this way at
all...personally, I think this is a step in the wrong direction.

Is there any way to force it to default to full view on all elements? I
really wouldn't mind that at all.

Murray *TMM* wrote:
> Right click on the div's content. Select ELEMENT View > Full. Now you will
> be able to edit it.
>

Murray *TMM*

2005-09-14, 7:33 pm

> Is there any way to force it to default to full view on all elements? I
> really wouldn't mind that at all.

I don't think so. You could always just do your edits in Code view,
however.

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"Mike Dodge" <mgdodge@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This makes it really annoying, especially when you have nested layers with
> different overflows. MX2004 doesn't behave this way at all...personally, I
> think this is a step in the wrong direction.
>
> Is there any way to force it to default to full view on all elements? I
> really wouldn't mind that at all.
>
> Murray *TMM* wrote:

Randy Edmunds

2005-09-14, 7:33 pm

Hi Mike,

DW MX 2004 totally ignores the CSS overflow property which causes major
problems with most layouts that use it.

The shortcut for editing overflow elements is to double-click.

You can force DW8 to ignore the overflow property on all elements on a
page by applying a Design Time Style Sheet with this rule:

* { overflow: visible !important; }

Hope this helps,
Randy

> This makes it really annoying, especially when you have nested layers
> with different overflows. MX2004 doesn't behave this way at
> all...personally, I think this is a step in the wrong direction.
>
> Is there any way to force it to default to full view on all elements? I
> really wouldn't mind that at all.

Tim G

2005-09-14, 7:33 pm

"Mike Dodge" <mgdodge@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This makes it really annoying, especially when you have nested layers with
> different overflows. MX2004 doesn't behave this way at all...personally, I
> think this is a step in the wrong direction.

You gotta be kidding. MX 2004 handled overflows horribly. I'm thrilled to
see this, personally.

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Mike Dodge

2005-09-14, 7:33 pm

I guess I'm not as up-to-speed on things as I thought I was...honestly,
I had never heard of design-time style sheets. This is PERFECT! I have a
new favorite toy now. :)

Thanks Randy

Randy Edmunds wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> DW MX 2004 totally ignores the CSS overflow property which causes major
> problems with most layouts that use it.
>
> The shortcut for editing overflow elements is to double-click.
>
> You can force DW8 to ignore the overflow property on all elements on a
> page by applying a Design Time Style Sheet with this rule:
>
> * { overflow: visible !important; }
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Randy
>
>
>