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Use an external editor



You can specify an external editor to use for editing files with specific filename extensions. For example, you can start a text editor such as BBEdit, Notepad, or TextEdit from Dreamweaver to edit JavaScript (JS) files.

You can assign different external editors for different filename extensions.

Set an external editor for a file type

  1. Select Edit > Preferences.
  2. Select File Types/Editors from the Category list on the left, set the options, and click OK.
    Open In Code View
    Specifies the filename extensions that automatically open in Code view in Dreamweaver.

    External Code Editor
    Specifies the text editor to use.

    Reload Modified Files
    Specifies the behavior when Dreamweaver detects that changes were made externally to a document that is open in Dreamweaver.

    Save On Launch
    Specifies whether Dreamweaver should always save the current document before starting the editor, never save the document, or prompt you to ask whether to save or not each time you start the external editor.

    Fireworks
    Specifies editors for various media file types.

Start an external code editor

 Select Edit > Edit with External Editor.