Previewing and testing pages in browsers

You can preview a document in your target browsers at any time; you don't have to save the document first.

You can define up to 20 browsers for previewing. It's a good idea to preview in the following browsers: Internet Explorer 6.0, Netscape Navigator 7.0, and the Macintosh-only Safari browser. In addition to these more popular, graphical browsers, you may want to test your pages using a text-only browser such as Lynx.

To preview and test your document in a browser:

1. Do one of the following to preview the page:
   • Select File > Preview in Browser, then select one of the listed browsers.

   Note: If you haven't selected a browser yet, select Edit > Preferences or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh), and then select the Preview in Browser category on the left to select a browser. (See Setting the Preview in Browser Preferences options.)

   • Press F12 to display the current document in the primary browser.
   • Press Control+F12 (Windows) or Command+F12 (Macintosh) to display the current document in the secondary browser.
2. Click links and test content in your page.

   All browser-related functions work, including JavaScript behaviors, document-relative and absolute links, ActiveX controls, and Netscape Navigator plug-ins, provided that you have installed the required plug-ins or ActiveX controls in your browsers.

   Note: Content linked with a root-relative path does not appear when you preview documents in a local browser, unless you select the Preview Using Temporary File option in Preferences. (See Previewing and testing pages in browsers.) This is because browsers don't recognize site roots--servers do.

   Tip: To preview content linked with root-relative paths, put the file on a remote server, then select File > Preview in Browser to view it (see Site root-relative paths).

3. Close the page in the browser when you finish testing.

To set or change preferences for your primary and secondary browsers:

1. Do one of the following to open the Preview in Browser options:
   • Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Dreamweaver > Preferences (Macintosh), and then select Preview in Browser from the category list on the left.
   • Select File > Preview in Browser > Edit Browser List.

   The Preferences dialog box appears with the Preview in Browser options.

   
   
   

2. Make changes as necessary.

   For more information, see Setting the Preview in Browser Preferences options.

3. Click OK.

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