Image Map Bug in Dreamweaver CS4

ghorsman wrote:
> I've included a video sample of Dreamweaver's inability to draw polygonal
> hotspots in Design view on an image map. The image is inside an absolutely
> positioned div tag. After clicking the first corner, the drawing tool is
> deactivated. A second click to create the next corner point selects the
> underlying image.
>
> In this video sample, I'm using Dreamweaver CS4 on a MacBook Pro with a 2.4
> GHz Intel processor and OS X 10.5.6. The image is actually a transparent PNG.
> I'm very careful to click on an opaque area, but that shouldn't make a
> difference.
>
> The workaround is to open the image in a blank HTML file, create the polygonal
> hotspots there and then copy and paste the code back into the original HTML
> page. Adobe should really consider fixing this.

Have you told Adobe about it?

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ghorsman wrote:
> I've included a video sample of Dreamweaver's inability to draw polygonal
> hotspots in Design view on an image map. The image is inside an absolutely
> positioned div tag. After clicking the first corner, the drawing tool is
> deactivated. A second click to create the next corner point selects the
> underlying image.

I've watched your video, so I'm not disputing that you have a problem.
However, I have just tested creating a polygon hotspot inside an AP div
in both Windows Vista and Mac OS X, and it worked perfectly in both systems.

I did see a report recently that some people have been experiencing
problems with hotspots, so it seems as though you're not alone. Report
it direct to Adobe using the bug report form at
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform.

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Is this in a template? Historically, DW has had problems with image maps
in templates. Another possibility is to move the graphic out of any
<div> tags it may be within, add the hot spot, and then move it back
into the <div>.

JMS

> Historically, DW has had problems with image maps in templates.

Not for several releases now, James. In fact, I can't remember when this
went away....

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"James Shook" <user@example.net> wrote in message
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> Is this in a template? Historically, DW has had problems with image maps
> in templates. Another possibility is to move the graphic out of any <div>
> tags it may be within, add the hot spot, and then move it back into the
> <div>.
>
> JMS

Or whether it is an issue. For example, the fact that others are not able
to reproduce the problem doesn't bode well in that regard....

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"ghorsman" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I've submitted my bug report to Adobe as recommended, so I guess it's just
> a matter of time before we know whether they'll address the issue.
>
> I appreciate all the input from everybody.

Murray *ACE* wrote:
> Or whether it is an issue. For example, the fact that others are not
> able to reproduce the problem doesn't bode well in that regard....

I've just been reading the comments on the CS3 Livedocs about the same
problem. Two things stood out: the problem seems to arise when the image
is inside a div, and several people said the answer was to create the
image map in a new page. Being inside a div should not present a
problem, because all my tests have used an image directly inside a div.

What interested me was that there was no problem creating an image map
in a new page. Dreamweaver uses JavaScript in the background to run a
lot of its functionality. If there are any errors in the underlying
code, or if the code is complex, Dreamweaver can't analyze the page
properly. Another possible cause of problems is insufficient memory. If
you have the minimum RAM, but other programs are running, this is likely
to cause Dreamweaver to fail to function correctly, particularly on
large, complex pages.

So, if Dreamweaver fails to create a hotspot on an existing page, try it
on a new page. If it works in the new page, it sounds as though it's a
problem with the complexity of the page and/or memory. If it fails to
work on the new page, it's back to square one. :(

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ghorsman wrote:
> I don't believe the page I created was all that complex. There are just 54
> lines of HTML code and the file is 4 KB. I always start building my pages using
> DIVs in code view to make sure things are kept clean.

That shouldn't be a problem, then. Sorry, I have no idea what's happening.

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Good review, David. Thanks for the analysis!

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"David Powers" <david@example.com> wrote in message
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> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> Or whether it is an issue. For example, the fact that others are not
>> able to reproduce the problem doesn't bode well in that regard....
>
> I've just been reading the comments on the CS3 Livedocs about the same
> problem. Two things stood out: the problem seems to arise when the image
> is inside a div, and several people said the answer was to create the
> image map in a new page. Being inside a div should not present a problem,
> because all my tests have used an image directly inside a div.
>
> What interested me was that there was no problem creating an image map in
> a new page. Dreamweaver uses JavaScript in the background to run a lot of
> its functionality. If there are any errors in the underlying code, or if
> the code is complex, Dreamweaver can't analyze the page properly. Another
> possible cause of problems is insufficient memory. If you have the minimum
> RAM, but other programs are running, this is likely to cause Dreamweaver
> to fail to function correctly, particularly on large, complex pages.
>
> So, if Dreamweaver fails to create a hotspot on an existing page, try it
> on a new page. If it works in the new page, it sounds as though it's a
> problem with the complexity of the page and/or memory. If it fails to work
> on the new page, it's back to square one. :(
>
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> Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver
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