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To set the number of steps that the History panel retains and shows:
1
Choose Edit > Preferences and select General from the Category list.
2
Enter a number for Maximum Number of History Steps.
The default value should be sufficient for most users’ needs. The higher the
number, the more memory the History panel requires. This can affect
performance and slow your computer down significantly. When the History
panel reaches this maximum number of steps, the earliest steps are discarded.
Note: You can’t rearrange the order of steps in the History panel. Don’t think of the History
panel as an arbitrary collection of commands; think of it as a way to view the steps you’ve
performed, in the order in which you performed them.
To erase the history list for the current document:
In the History panel’s context menu, choose Clear History.
This command also clears all undo information for the current document; after
choosing Clear History, you will be unable to undo the steps that are cleared.
(Note that Clear History does not undo steps; it merely removes the record of
those steps from Dreamweaver memory.)
Using other Dreamweaver panels
The Dreamweaver work area comprises many other panels. Here are just a few:
The Code inspector
shows the code that browsers use to display the document
as a Web page. To show or hide the Code inspector, choose Window >
Code Inspector.
Changes you make in the Document window are immediately reflected in
the Code inspector. When you enter HTML into the Code inspector and then
click outside the inspector, corresponding changes appear in the Document
window. For more information, see “Using the Code view (or Code inspector)”
on page 330.
For minor editing of HTML tags, you can use the Quick Tag Editor instead of the
Code inspector. To display the Quick Tag Editor, press T (Windows) or
T (Macintosh), or choose Modify > Quick Tag Editor. For more
information, see “Editing an HTML tag in the Design view” on page 338.
The Reference panel
provides detailed information about the HTML tag you are
working on, including tag attributes. You can open the Reference panel from the
Window menu, the Launcher bar, or the Code inspector.
For example, you can select an
img
tag, click the Reference button in the toolbar,
and find out what attributes apply (
align
,
border
, and so on). For more
information, see “Using the Dreamweaver Reference panel” on page 328.
The Dreamweaver JavaScript Debugger
lets you debug client-side JavaScript. You
can open the JavaScript Debugger from the Window menu. For more
information, see “Debugging JavaScript Code” on page 473.