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Are you tired of not being able to see the .htaccess and other apache files on the server side? No sweat. Let’s just navigate to the Files section in our sidebar.
Click the “Options” icon, and navigate to View > Show Hidden Files.
Tags: apache, dreamweaver, ftp, htaccess
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Tommy
August 3rd, 2009
Thanks!
This was very helpful for me!
Ben Nash
September 2nd, 2009
Yeah thanks, this is the only location for this setting that I know of. I’ve always fired up another ftp client to access a .htaccess file.
Yahel
September 21st, 2009
Hi mate,
I was full of hope when I found your post, but the view item in the file menu does not exists in cs4. Sad but, it made me decide to sort this once and for all.
In the end, I found it, it’s only a simple registry setting change :
http://www.alicesbiscuit.com/dreamweaver-how-to-view-hidden-files-and-htaccess.html
Why it’s not accessible easily in DW is beyond me though.
Take care
David Tierney
November 10th, 2009
Thanks. Needed to access the .htaccess file and couldn’t find how to show the hidden files searching dreamweaver help.
Funka!
January 12th, 2010
I actually did find a way to do this from within CS4, so you don’t have to modify the registry. (Although that will still work.) It’s not intuitive at all, hidden to the point I almost never noticed it.
The “Files” tab will be in a “tab group” that has a very tiny button at its far right. It looks like a small downward arrow next to 4 lines. If you click this, a context menu will appear. Choose View -> Show Hidden Files.
Good luck!
Jaci
January 26th, 2010
Thank you! The solution for me (Dreamweaver CS4) was to collapse my expanded local/remote file view. Only then did I have access to the options context menu that Funka describes in the above post.
Chiv
March 17th, 2010
This was extremly useful. Thank you very much
Alex
April 28th, 2010
It does exist in CS4, but you have to collaps the file viewer to a palette in order to access the dropdown menu – very clever from Macromedia/Adobe!
Zach Zurn
June 4th, 2010
Thank you!! simple, but really useful.
dario
June 17th, 2010
oh man .. tahnks so much for this .. this has been bugging me for years!! very handy tip to know
ed
July 7th, 2010
wow
this one was very usefull
thanks
Ed
Tyler
July 12th, 2010
This is very useful, thanks so much! I wish we could tell dreamweaver that it can open .htaccess. The workaround is to go to open-with.
Chad Coleman
July 12th, 2010
Hi Tyler, You can have Dreamweaver open .htaccess files by default if you go to EDIT > Preferences. In that first line labeled “Open in code view” type in .htaccess in the end of that list. Add any other files types that you’d like as well.
Chad Coleman
July 12th, 2010
Whoops. That should be Edit > Preferences > File Types/Editors.
Rich Moore
July 22nd, 2010
Brilliant.
You sir, are a genius!
Pixels design
July 28th, 2010
Thanks, i’ve always have to use another ftp program for .htaccess files. I didn’t know this was possible. You’re the best!