Status Bar
The status bar is the small row at the bottom of the
Document window containing the
Tag Selector.
The Tag Selector displays the HTML code surrounding your cursor. You can select one of these tags to modify simply by clicking it with your mouse. The status bar also includes a Download Size/Download Time drop-down list, which lets you select a window size for your document. The size of the window (along with the sizes of the objects included in your pages) impacts the speed at which a viewer can download the page. When you select a size from this menu, Dreamweaver automatically updates the speed displayed to the right of the window size on the status bar.
Panel Groups
The Dreamweaver panel groups, displayed vertically on the right side of the Dreamweaver window, group together the related information and commands used to design pages and build and publish a web site. Panels in Dreamweaver are grouped together into panel groups. The selected panel within a panel group appears as a tab. Each panel group can be expanded or collapsed, and can be docked or undocked with other panel groups.
CSS Panel Group
The Design panel group has two panels: CSS Styles and Layers. Use CSS Styles to maintain the styles in your document, and to create and attach style sheets. The Layers panel displays all the layers in the current document, which you can show or hide, lock or unlock, rearrange, and rename. The Reference panel includes a comprehensive HTML reference library.
Application Panel Group
The Application panel group is used to include dynamic content in your web sites. Here, you can specify a data source, define recordsets, and add advanced server behaviors.
Tag Inspector
The Tag Inspector displays all the attributes of your page elements. Here, you can modify any attribute of a selected HTML tag by typing directly into the attribute's corresponding box, or by selecting it from a menu that pops up when you click inside the box.
In addition, the Behaviors panel lets you add client-side behaviors to your page using JavaScript. Examples of the behaviors you can add include: Check Browser and Swap Image (used to create rollover effects). You can use the Relevant CSS tab to change the properties of the style applied to the current selection.
Files Panel Group
The Files panel is used to manage your web site files, and to upload and download files to and from your web server. You can also use this panel to define new web sites and to quickly switch between your various sites. The Assets panel is used to manage the reusable elements of your web pages, including object libraries and templates. The Snippets panel lets you save code snippets, which you can reuse later.
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