To locate a file on your server Right click/Control click on the file in your Local Files window and select Locate in Remote Site from the pop-up menu. If you’re not already connected, Dreamweaver will connect to your server and highlight the file in the Remote Files window. It also works for locating a file in your local site. Simply Right click/Control click a file in the Remote Site and choose Locate in Local Site.

Right click/Control click on a style name in Dreamweaver’s Style Palette, select Go To Code and the CSS code for the clicked style will be displayed in the code window. The same context menu allows you to edit, create, move and remove styles from your style sheets.

Dreamweaver’s Status Bar (at the bottom of the Document Window) is often overlooked. It shows the currently selected HTML tag as well as its parent tags and allows you to select a parent tag by simply clicking on it.

But there’s more! Right click/Control click on a tag in the Status Bar and the pop-up context menu allows you to remove an HTML tag and set or remove a CSS style or ID. It also offers quick access to the Code Navigator.

Right-Clicking in Dreamweaver's Status Bar

In Dreamweaver Right click/Control click on a link to any file within your web site and select Open Linked Page (about half way down the menu) to open the linked file in Dreamweaver.

Dreamweaver Dirty Little Secret: The Align item in the same menu is were you can use the html align attribute to center paragraphs and headings. Of course, you’re supposed to use CSS!