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In a panic after upgrading? Although the interface looks quite a bit different than in previous versions of Dreamweaver, only the layout has changed. All the same features are there, along with a few more. For Windows users, Dreamweaver MX presents a big change over previous versions of the program and offers you several different ways to set up your workspace.

The first time you launch the program, you'll be looking at the new integrated workspace. To see your workspace options and choose between them, do this see Figure 2. When the Preferences dialog box opens, go to the General category. Click the Change Workspace button. When the Change Workspace dialog box appears, you'll see that you have the choice of the Integrated Workspace with or without HomeSite style or the Classic Dreamweaver 4 Workspace.

Make your choice and click OK. Dreamweaver will alert you that you need to restart for any workspace change to take effect. Quit and relaunch Dreamweaver to see and start using your new workspace. The following sections describe each of the workspace options, and why you might want to choose it. Following the trend of many Windows applications, the entire interface is built into one large application window, which is then subdivided to hold different docked panels and windows.

The main panel dock is on the right; on the left, the Insert bar and Property inspector frame the Document window see Figure 2. For horizontal spacing adjustments, the vertical bar separating the left and right segments of the window can be adjusted to give you more document room or more panel-viewing room. If you're on a smaller monitor, and are feeling a bit cramped in there with all of those window divisions taking up space, you also can click the triangle in that vertical bar to toggle the panels portion of the interface on and off as needed see Figure 2.

Docked panels and windows can be very efficient to work with because all parts of the interface are right there in front of you and nothing is ever hidden behind something else. If, however, you prefer to work with one or more of your panels as free-standing, you can undock any panel or panel group from the main application window.

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See the section on "The Docked Panel Layout," later in this chapter for complete directions on working with docked panels. A free-standing panel will never go behind the application window, but it might get hidden behind other free-standing panels. Free-standing panels can even be positioned outside the bounds of the application window see Figure 2. In the integrated workspace, the only window that isn't docked by default is the Document window. Instead, it floats as a free-standing window surrounded by docked panels. While you can't dock this window in the same way panels are docked, you can dock it by maximizing it see Figure 2.

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A maximized Document window has no title bar and no status bar, but it does have a bottom tab for switching between multiple open documents and an information area at the bottom that contains the same information normally found in the status bar. If you like the integrated workspace but it seems backward to you with panels on the right, you can put the panel dock on the left instead. When you enable this option, the dialog box will show a preview image of the left-panel-sided workspace.

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The next time you launch Dreamweaver, your workspace will be rearranged with panels on the left see Figure 2. This kind of interface which is familiar to Mac and UNIX users makes it simple to move between open programs on the computer, because you can see and access all programs from within any program. But for Windows users it was unfamiliar territory. It also meant that the program could not continue running unless either the Site panel or one Document window was open. The glory of the new integrated workspace is that it does away with this multi-window interface in favor of one large application window, which is much more comfortable for most Windows users.

However, if you're an old Dreamweaver pro who still likes the old interface, or if you're a cross-platform user who likes multi-window interfaces, you can still have this experience in Dreamweaver MX it's called the Dreamweaver 4 Workspace see Figure 2. The Document window, Property inspector, and Site panel are all free-standing. The horizontal Insert bar is free-standing and has been restored to its "classic" vertical appearance. The only modernization that has occurred is that the panels are docked into one main panel window.

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To give yourself a complete Dreamweaver 4 retrofit, you can undock the panels so they're all free-standing. See the section on "The Docked Panel Layout" later in this chapter for details on doing this. If you're upgrading from an earlier version of Dreamweaver, you also won't have nearly the interface shock as they will. Feeling left out? Don't take it personally!

The whole reason for the new, integrated setup on Windows is that the old Classic interface with its multiple windows and lack of an application window was not very Windows-like. But it has always been Mac-like. And now, for those of you using OS X, it's also Aqua-fied, complete with anti-aliased text in dialog boxes and panels, translucent effects, and a Dreamweaver application menu see Figure 2. Though the Mac interface isn't integrated into one large application window, it does have docked panels one central floating window containing most of the Dreamweaver panels.

Using the Vertical Insert Bar The purpose of the Insert bar is to help you insert objects into your documents; because there are a lot of kinds of objects available, the bar is divided into categories that appear as tabs. In vertical mode, the category appears as a title bar at the top of the panel. To switch between categories, click the title and choose from the pop-up menu of categories that appears see Figure 2. Whichever Dreamweaver workspace you're using, and whichever platform and OS you're working on, the same major interface elements are present. The following sections present an overview of all the windows and toolbars and such that you're looking at as you're working in Dreamweaver.

Use this section as a way to get the lay of the land if you're brand-new to the program, or as a refresher and introduction to new features if you're upgrading.

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In their never-ending effort to provide the most graphic and efficient workspace for you, Macromedia has beefed up the toolbar presence in Dreamweaver MX. Following the trend in much software, the new Standard toolbar gives you easy access to frequently used commands from the File and Edit menus see Figure 2. Panels provide access to almost all the components of Dreamweaver.

Although you can usually do something in Dreamweaver in more than one way, panels give you a graphical interface to almost all program functions. Panels can be shown or hidden together, collected into panel groups, resized, and docked and undocked. Dreamweaver MX introduces cascading panels. Whether or not you're working in the integrated workspace, most of the program's panels appear docked together in a single unit either a free-standing panel window or a segment of the application window. Within the panel window, individual panels appear in groups; the groups are docked together in the panel window; and each group can be expanded or contracted to show or hide its contents.

It's a very space-efficient setup that means you'll never again have to worry about, "Did I hide the Behaviors panel behind the CSS panel or did I close it, or where did it go? To save space and reduce interface clutter, Dreamweaver collects panels into panel groups related by function. Within a group, the individual panels appear as tabbed layers click the panel's tab to bring it to the front of the group. Table 2. Because you can't possibly have all of the panel groups showing in the docked window at the same time unless your monitor is four feet tall , you'll always be tinkering with your groups as you work.

Figure 2. If necessary, the panel window will stretch out to accommodate expanded panels.

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To adjust the relative height of two panel groups within the window, position the cursor between the two. The cursor will turn into a two-headed arrow. Drag up or down to resize. To close a panel group for example, remove it from the docked window entirely , access its options menu and choose Close Panel Group. To expand a panel group and resize it to be as tall as possible, access its options menu and choose Maximize Panel Group.

To undock a panel group, press the grabber edge at the left edge of the panel's title bar and drag it out of the panel window. To redock a panel, grab the panel's title tab and drag it back into a docked group.

To redock a panel, click the panel's title bar, access its options menu, and choose Group With, selecting the panel group with which to dock it. To resize the panel window when it's undocked , drag its lower-right corner. The Horizontal Panels Various Dreamweaver panels have horizontal layouts and dock in different ways than the others.


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These include the Insert bar, Property inspector, Timelines panel, Code inspector, Results window, and Sitespring panel. In the other workspaces, they aren't dockable and don't function as cascading panels. Sitespring is a new Macromedia product geared toward project management and versioning. It integrates with Dreamweaver through the Sitespring panel. The Insert bar is one of the most often-used panels, containing all the objects that will insert code chunks into your document. It isn't part of the panel window. In the integrated workspace, by default it docks along the top edge of the application window above the Document window.

The Insert bar is divided into tabs representing different categories of objects. In the integrated workspace, the Property inspector docks along the bottom edge of the application window. In the non-integrated workspaces, the Property inspector is always free-standing but can be expanded or contracted using the triangle at its lower-right corner see Figure 2. In the integrated workspace, if several horizontal panels are docked together, they start to behave like the vertical panel dock, complete with a movable divider line and toggle button for hiding and showing the docked panels.

Doesn't leave much room for the Document window! The Document window is where most of the action takes place in Dreamweaver. The Document window holds the current document that you're working on. When you open or create a new document, Dreamweaver shows it in a new Document window. If you have multiple documents open, you'll have multiple Document windows. You make your page edits here; you view your results here.

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Though some aspects of the Document window differ depending on the workspace you're using, every Document window includes a set of standard interface elements and a standard set of things that can be done with them. The Document toolbar shows an icon view of frequently accessed options related to working with the Document window.

As Figure 2. You can write code in a few different ways: You can choose to write the code manually; you can choose not to deal with the code at all; or you can watch Dreamweaver write the code as you work in the Design window. These options are set by the three Document window views. Each view is activated by one of the buttons in the Document toolbar.