Set highlighting preferences for template regions, Change template highlight colors, View highlight colors in the document window – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 User Manual
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Templates
Last updated 6/3/2015
Note: If you want to make global changes, you can edit the source file that stores your preferences. On Windows XP, this
is located at C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver
9\Configuration\CodeColoring\Colors.xml. On Windows Vista, this is located at C:\Users\%username%\Application
Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver 9\Configuration\CodeColoring\Colors.xml.
Set highlighting preferences for template regions
You can use the Dreamweaver highlighting preferences to customize the highlight colors for the outlines around the
editable and locked regions of a template in Design view. The editable region color appears in the template as well as in
documents based on the template.
Change template highlight colors
1
Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh).
2
Select Highlighting from the category list on the left.
3
Click the Editable Regions, Nested Regions, or Locked Regions color box, then select a highlight color using the
color picker (or enter the hexadecimal value for the highlight color in the box).
For information about using the color picker, see
.
4
(Optional) Repeat the process for other template region types, as necessary.
5
Click the Show option to enable or disable displaying colors in the Document window.
Note: Nested Region does not have a Show option; its display is controlled by the Editable Region option.
6
Click OK.
View highlight colors in the Document window
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Select View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements.
Highlight colors appear in the document window only when View > Visual Aids > Invisible Elements is enabled and
the appropriate options are enabled in Highlighting preferences.
Note: If invisible elements are showing but the highlight colors are not, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or
Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh), and then select the Highlight category. Make sure that the Show option next
to the appropriate highlight color is selected. Also make sure that the desired color is visible against the background color
of your page.
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