Guides are lines that you drag onto the document from the rulers. They help you place and align objects more precisely. You can also use guides to measure the size of page elements, or emulate the folds (visible areas) of web browsers.
To help you align elements, Dreamweaver lets you snap elements to guides, and snap guides to elements. (Elements must be absolutely positioned in order for the snap feature to work.) You can also lock guides to prevent them from being accidentally moved by another user.
You can reposition the guide by dragging it again.
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By default, guides are recorded as absolute pixel measurements from the top or left side of the document, and are shown relative to the origin of the ruler. To record the guide as a percentage, press the Shift key while you create or move the guide. |
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When you resize elements, such as layers, tables, and images, the resized elements snap to guides. |
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The unit of measure is the same as the unit of measure used for the rulers. |
When guides are added to a Dreamweaver template, all instances of the template inherit the guides. Guides in template instances, however, are treated as editable regions, so users can modify them. Modified guides in template instances are restored to their original location whenever the instance is updated with the master template.
You can also add your own guides to instances of a template. Guides added in this manner are not overwritten when the template instance is updated with the master template.