View an asset in the preview area – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 User Manual
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Page content and assets
Last updated 6/3/2015
The Assets panel provides different ways to view assets:
Site list
Shows all of the assets in your site, including colors and URLs that are used in any document in your site.
Favorites list
Shows only the assets you’ve explicitly chosen.
To switch between these two views, select either the Site or Favorites radio button above the preview area. (These two
views are not available for the Templates and Library categories.)
Note: Most of the Assets panel operations work the same in both lists. There are a few tasks, however, that you can perform
only in the Favorites list.
In both lists, assets fall into one of the following categories:
Images
Image files in GIF, JPEG, or PNG formats.
Colors
Colors used in documents and style sheets, including colors of text, backgrounds, and links.
URLs
External links in your current site documents, including FTP, gopher, HTTP, HTTPS, JavaScript, e-mail
(mailto), and local file (file://) links.
Media
Media files such as Adobe Flash (only SWF) files, Adobe Shockwave files, QuickTime, or MPEG files.
Scripts
JavaScript or VBScript files. Scripts in HTML files (rather than in independent JavaScript or VBScript files)
do not appear in the Assets panel. This category is available only in Code and Design View.
Templates
Master page layouts used on multiple pages. Modifying a template automatically modifies all pages
attached to it. This category is available only in Code and Design View.
Library items
Design elements that you use in multiple pages; when you modify a library item, all pages containing
that item are updated. This category is available only in Code and Design View.
Note: To appear in the Assets panel, a file must fall into one of these categories. Some other types of files are sometimes
called assets, but they aren’t shown in the panel.
By default, assets in a category are listed alphabetically by name, but you can sort them by type and several other criteria.
You can also preview assets and resize the columns and the preview area.
View an asset in the preview area
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Select the asset in the Assets panel.