Black background problems

[zackattack]

I am laying out a site usising CSS and editing HTML in Dreamweaver

I have a number of wraps on the page, the problem is that I can't view any text in DW 'design view' as it appears in a black box and even when I select the text it does not show itslef as text. It looks fine in the browser but I cannot edit in 'design view' in DW - is this a css issue do you think?

Of course I can edit the code but I have a CMS system this needs to intergrate with and people editing the page will see the same black box and no text.

This may not be CSS related but wanted to check here first. I have other sites that I have made up in CSS and not experienced this before only when I am missing divs and I checked all this through...

Has anyone experienced this before..?

and no I have not set the background to #000

[jetboy]

It's much more likely to be a Dreamweaver issue, which has difficulty handling ambitious CSS. Double check by validating your CSS and HTML, but this is the likely culprit.

Are other users using Dreamweaver to edit files locally? If so, how about providing a 'local editing' stylesheet which dispenses with whatever's causing problems with DW. Lock the stylesheet on your live site so it can't be overwritten.

[zackattack]

Resolved...!

thanks for the reply

I have jsut sorted it out. Yes I believe it is a quirk of DW mixed with the shorthand property I am using.

I am using
background: url(...) bottom right no-repeat;
and in design view it gives me a black background, I have fixed it by specifying background: none; which cleared the black box and I can now edit text again in design view.

Perhaps this might be of use to anyone else who comes across the same issue - it only seemed to kick in when I had several nested <divs>