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Using the Files panel

The Files panel enables you to view files and folders, whether they are associated with a Dreamweaver site or not, and perform standard file maintenance operations, such as opening and moving files.

Note: In previous versions of Dreamweaver the Files panel was called the Site panel.

You can move the Files panel as necessary and set preferences for the panel.

Use this panel to perform the following tasks:

  • Access sites, a server, and local drives

  • View files and folders

  • Manage files and folders in the Files panel

    For Dreamweaver sites, use the following options to display or transfer files:

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Expanded Files panel options.

A.
Site pop-up menu

B.
Connect/Disconnect

C.
Refresh

D.
Site files view

E.
Testing server

F.
Repository view

G.
Get File(s)

H.
Put File(s)

I.
Check Out File(s)

J.
Check In File(s)

K.
Synchronize

L.
Expand/Collapse

Note: The Site Files view, Testing Server view, and Synchronize buttons appear only in the expanded Files panel.
The Site pop‑up menu
Lets you select a Dreamweaver site and display that site’s files. You can also use the Site menu to access all the files on your local disk, much like Windows Explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Macintosh).

Connect/Disconnect
(FTP, RDS, WebDAV protocol, and Microsoft Visual SourceSafe) Connects to or disconnects from the remote site. By default, Dreamweaver disconnects from the remote site if it has been idle for more than 30 minutes (FTP only). To change the time limit, select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh), then select Site from the category list on the left.

Refresh
Refreshes the local and remote directory lists. Use this button to manually refresh the directory lists if you deselected either Refresh Local File List Automatically or Refresh Remote File List Automatically in the Site Definition dialog box.

Site Files view
Displays the file structure of the remote and local sites in the panes of the Files panel. (A preference setting determines which site appears in the left pane and which appears in the right pane.) Site Files view is the default view for the Files panel.

Testing Server view
Displays the directory structure of the testing server and the local site.

Repository view
Displays the Subversion (SVN) Repository.

Get File(s)
Copies the selected files from the remote site to your local site (overwriting the existing local copy of the file, if any). If Enable File Check In And Check Out is enabled, the local copies are read-only; the files remain available on the remote site for other team members to check out. If Enable File Check In and Check Out is disabled, the file copies will have both read and write privileges.
Note: The files Dreamweaver copies are the files you select in the active pane of the Files panel. If the Remote pane is active, the selected remote or testing server files are copied to the local site; if the Local pane is active, Dreamweaver copies the remote or testing server version of the selected local files to the local site.

Put File(s)
Copies the selected files from the local site to the remote site.
Note: The files Dreamweaver copies are the files you select in the active pane of the Files panel. If the Local pane is active, the selected local files are copied to the remote site or testing server; if the Remote pane is active, Dreamweaver copies the local versions of the selected remote server files to the remote site.

If you are putting a file that doesn’t already exist on the remote site, and Enable File Check In and Out is enabled, the file is added to the remote site as “checked out.” Click the Check In Files button if you want to add a file without the checked out status.

Check Out File(s)
Transfers a copy of the file from the remote server to your local site (overwriting the existing local copy of the file, if any) and marks the file as checked out on the server. This option is not available if Enable File Check In and Check Out in the Site Definitions dialog box is disabled for the current site.

Check In File(s)
Transfers a copy of the local file to the remote server and makes the file available for editing by others. The local file becomes read-only. This option is not available if the Enable File Check In and Check Out option in the Site Definitions dialog box is disabled for the current site.

Synchronize
Synchronizes the files between the local and remote folders.

The Expand/Collapse button
Expands or collapses the Files panel to display one or two panes.