Dreamweaver 8 modifies my source unwantedly!

[NikkiLoveGod]

Hi all!

 

Im having a "not so small" problem. Dreamweaver is randomly formatting my php sourcecode. Ruining my whitespace and indentations a bit. I dont have an right on example right now, but heres somewhat how it goes;

 

I first put up a div in something like this:

 

    <div id="test">
        <p> this is a paragraph </p>
    </div>

 

and the next time I watch the sourcecode, it looks like this;

 

    <div id="test">
    <p> this is a paragraph </p> </div>

 

This is especially true, when I have alot of divs put up like that. example;

 

    <div id="1">
         <p> para1 </p>
    </div>

    <div id="2">
        <p> para2 </p>
    </div>

    ....

 

So I dont know how to turn this feature off and it seems to come randomly... You guys know any better? Thanks in advance!!

[richei]

i didn't notice that until i saw this thread.  Its never really bothered me though the only thing that erks me is that instead of putting a tab space, it puts 4 or 5 spaces instead.  nothing i can't fix manually, but its just time consuming when you have 500 lines of code to fix

 

Look in ur preferences though, there may be something in there to tell it not do it.

[wildteen88]

Dreamweaver does have a built in automaitc syntax formatting tool which will nicely indent your HTML for you. Goto Command > Apply Source formatting or you can also apply source formatting to a selection too.