Known issues in Dreamweaver

Last updated on Dec 8, 2025

Learn about the known issues and limitations in the latest release of Dreamweaver.

December 2025 release (version 21.7)

[macOS 26 Tahoe only] Dreamweaver may fail to access some files or folders unless Full Disk Access is enabled in System Preferences under Security & Privacy.

Workaround
:

  1. Open System Settings (or System Preferences) from the Apple menu or from the Dock.
  2. Go to Privacy & Security in the sidebar.
  3. Select the Privacy tab if it isn’t already selected.
  4. Scroll down, then select Full Disk Access to continue.
  5. Select add application     i ic  icon to add an application.
  6. Go to the Applications folder, then open Adobe Dreamweaver 2021.app.
  7. Turn on the switch (toggle) next to the application.
  8. Restart Dreamweaver.

May 2025 release (version 21.5)

  • [Windows only] Linting works intermittently for JavaScript files.

Workaround: Launch Dreamweaver in Administrator mode.

  • Git initialization is disabled on Windows

Workaround: Provide the complete location of git.exe in Preferences and re-launch Dreamweaver.

Windows: C:\Program Files\Git\Bin\git.exe

macOS: /usr/local/git

Windows 32-bit: C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\Bin\git.exe

  • [macOS only] Dreamweaver crashes when clicking on Window > Find Extensions on Exchange.

Workaround: Open this link directly in your browser.

  • [macOS only] Dreamweaver crashes on opening the Dreamweaver Tutorial from the Help menu.

Workaround: Open this link directly in your browser.

May 2024 release (version 21.4)

  • Sync Settings UI has been removed, and sync functionality has been discontinued.

Workaround: Use offline import and export settings functionality.

  • User Settings (Keyboard Shortcuts, Favorites in Insert panel, and Workspaces) are not migrated when Dw is updated from version 20.x to 21.x.

Workaround: Manually copy the files to migrate the User Settings. 

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Dreamweaver 2020/<locale name>/

Windows: %appdata%\Adobe\Dreamweaver 2020\<locale name>\

Within the folder mentioned in the above location, navigate to the following subfolders to copy the custom User Settings and place it in the corresponding location within Dreamweaver 2021:

Custom Settings

Copy required setting files from the subfolder

Keyboard Shortcuts

 /Configuration/Menus/Custom Sets 

Workspace 

/Configuration/Workspace

Favorites in Insert Panel

/Configuration/Objects/insertbar.xml

Toolbars

/Configuration/Toolbars/toolbars.xml

  • On importing zip settings, a few settings, like Code Format entries, will not be restored after restarting Dw.

Workaround: Once you import the settings, close and re-invoke the Preferences dialog. Click the Apply button to remember the imported settings when the Dw app launches next.

June 2022 release (version 21.3)

  • Unable to connect to SHA1-based algorithms for SFTP connections.

       Workaround: Find use SFTP legacy algorithms from the config file.

  • Mac Only: Unable to drag and drop selected code in code view.

October 2021 release (version 21.2)

  • Live view goes blank when a webpage has an invalid URL in the iFrame’s src.

    Workaround: Specify correct src URL with the transfer protocols like http etc.

  • Media containers with H264/H265, VP9/VP8, .aac codecs and Flash based media files(.swf, .flv) will not be played in live view.

  • iFrame content displays blank after undo/redo workflow in live view after performing DOM panel or Live view operations like Copy/Paste, Duplicate etc.

    Work-around: Refresh live view or re-open the file.

  • Pressing Esc key does not dismiss the Live view HUDs.

    Workaround: Click outside the HUD to dismiss the pop-up.

  • Mac Only: Cannot invoke Apple menu when focus is in Code view.

    Workaround:

    1. Quit Dreamweaver.

    2. Change the default keyboard shortcut of “Move focus to the menu bar” to something  else, containing either of  the keys Cmd/Ctrl/Option listed in the combination, setting is available under System Preferences - Keyboard - Shortcuts - Keyboard section. 

    3. Change the keyboard shortcut of “Move focus to the menu bar” back to default Ctrl+F2.

January 2021 release (version 21.1)

  • Empty dialog box appears instead of the below message when incorrect credential is provided within Configure RDS Server dialog box:

Unable to resolve host. The URL appears to be invalid.

  • In code view, the code color might not appear when the latest version of Dreamweaver is installed within updated Mac OSX 11 Big Sur.

Workaround: In the Preferences dialog, change the code view font available within Fonts tab.

  • [macOS] In live view, selected text is not wrapped in <a> tag after browsing the target page.
  • On downloading and inserting Ai files from Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries panel, SVG option is unavailable in file format options list.
  • In Code Inspector, context menu operations are applied on code view, when code view is visible.
  • [macOS 11.0] Close button to dismiss the Find and Replace dialog is not available.

Workaround: Press Esc key to dismiss the Find and Replace dialog.

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