Dreamweaver

Find files in your Dreamweaver site

Dreamweaver makes it easy to find selected, open, checked out, or recently modified files in your site. You can also find files that are newer in your local or remote site.

Find an open file in your site

  1. Open the file in the Document window.
  2. Select Site > Locate in Site.

    Dreamweaver selects the file in the Files panel.

    Note: If the open file in the Document window is not part of the current site in the Files panel, Dreamweaver attempts to determine which of your Dreamweaver sites the file belongs to; if the current file belongs to only one local site, Dreamweaver opens that site in the Files panel, then highlights the file.

Locate and select checked out files in a Dreamweaver site

  In the collapsed Files panel (Window > Files), click the Options menu in the upper-right corner of the Files panel, then select Edit > Select Checked Out Files.
The Files panel Options menu appears as a square icon in the upper-right corner of the Files panel.

Dreamweaver selects the files in the Files panel.

Find a selected file in your local or remote site

  1. Select the file in the Local or Remote view of the Files panel (Window > Files).
  2. Right-click (Windows) or Control‑click (Macintosh), then select Locate in Local Site or Locate in Local Site (depending on where you selected the file).

    Dreamweaver selects the file in the Files panel.

Locate and select files that are newer in the local site than in the remote site

 In the collapsed Files panel (Window > Files), click the Options menu in the upper-right corner of the Files panel, then select Edit > Select Newer Local.

Dreamweaver selects the files in the Files panel.

Locate and select files that are newer in the remote site than in the local site

 In the collapsed Files panel (Window > Files), click the Options menu in the upper-right corner of the Files panel, then select Edit > Select Newer Remote.

Dreamweaver selects the files in the Files panel.

Find recently modified files in your site

  1. In the collapsed Files panel (Window > Files), click the Options menu in the upper-right corner of the Files panel, and then select Edit > Select Recently Modified.
  2. Do one of the following to indicate search dates for the report:

    • To report on all files modified in the last several days, select Files Created or Modified in the Last and enter a number in the box.

    • To report on all files modified within a specific time frame, click the Files Created or Modified in the Between radio button, then specify a date range.

  3. (Optional) Enter a user name in the Modified By box to limit your search to files modified by a specific user between the dates you indicated.
    Note: This option is only available for reports on Contribute sites.
  4. Select a radio button to indicate where you want to view files listed in the report, if necessary:
    Local Machine
    if the site contains static pages.

    Testing Server
    if the site contains dynamic pages.
    Note: This option assumes you defined a Testing Server in the Site Definition dialog box (XREF). If you have not defined a Testing Server and entered a URL prefix for that server, or if you are running the report for more than one site, this option is not available.

    Other Location
    if you want to enter a path in the text box.

  5. Click OK to save your settings.

    Dreamweaver highlights the files that were modified within the selected time frame in the Files panel.