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Create a nickname for a favorite asset, Group assets in a favorites folder – Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual

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Select the Favorites option at the top of the panel.

3

Click the New Color or New URL button

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4

Do one of the following:

Select a color using the color picker, then give the color a nickname if desired.

To close the color picker without selecting a color, press Esc or click the gray bar at the top of the color picker.

Enter a URL and a nickname in the Add New URL dialog box, then click OK.

Remove assets from the Favorites list

1

In the Assets panel, select the Favorites option at the top of the panel.

2

Select one or more assets (or a folder) in the Favorites list.

3

Click the Remove From Favorites button

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The assets are removed from the Favorites list, but not from the Site list. If you remove a Favorites folder, the folder
and all its contents are removed.

Create a nickname for a favorite asset

You can give nicknames (for instance, PageBackgroundColor rather than #999900) to assets only in the Favorites list.
The Site list retains their real filenames (or values, in the case of colors and URLs).

1

In the Assets panel (Window > Assets), select the category that contains your asset.

2

Select the Favorites option at the top of the panel.

3

Do one of the following:

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the asset’s name or icon in the Assets panel, then select Edit
Nickname.

Click the asset’s name once, pause, then click it again. (Do not double-click; double-clicking opens the item for
editing.)

4

Type a nickname for the asset, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).

See also

“Assets panel overview” on page 109

Group assets in a Favorites folder

Placing an asset in Favorites folder does not change the location of the asset’s file on your disk.

1

In the Assets panel, select the Favorites option at the top of the panel.

2

Click the New Favorites Folder button

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3

Type a name for the folder, then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh).

4

Drag assets into the folder.

September 4, 2007