Editing text within a layer in Dreamweaver MX

[stephenc]

I'm working on a site with Dreamweaver MX which is new to me. With Dreamweaver 3, it was easy to create a layer and then type text within it, but for some reason MX doesnt seem to like this.

I'm finding that I can type text into it but am having trouble selecting and editing it, eg, when I arrow back one character, it takes me back one word?

Any help appreciated

Stephen

[caine]

Stephen,

sorry for the late reply. Can't say i have ever experienced it or have any knowledge of a problem like this.

Quirky to say the least - though sounds more like a problem coming from your OS, rather than MX.

[stephenc]

Thanks Caine

I'll just have to find a work around or maybe reinstall it

Stephen

[curlykarl]

Hi

It must be your set up, I am a big user of Layers in DWMX and I can honestly say I have never had a problem editing text in a layer.

Try reinstalling it.

Karl :)

[stever]

One point where there might be problems comes when using CSS-P, when the DW visual window tends to cut off the left side of divs with a negative margin (such as left : 50%; margin-left : -390px;).

Code view is your friend - the only problem I find with that solution is forgetting to hardcode accents, cedillas, etc (but then a run through the DW xhtml validation picks that up).

[skipfactor]

Have you tried temporarily hiding the layers you're not working on? In other words, just having an open eye icon on the layer you want to edit?