Code View is the best way to edit or write CSS in Dreamweaver. It has been for a very long time. That said, the CSS Designer really sucks in terms of interface design. Actually, most Adobe interfaces tend to suck. There's a lot to be said for OS standard controls and UI elements, but I don't think Adobe gets that. The old CSS panel was a wicked-fast way to make quick changes. The CSS Designer is a leviathan and while David Powers claims it writes standard-based CSS I fear he is very wrong, or perhaps he doesn't care about verbose code :-) It sucks. So your answer of using code view is inarguably, the best answer.
↧