Adding Links in Dreamweaver

[winterwiz365]

Is there an easy way to add links in Dreamweaver?
I pretty much use design mode and they have the link up top to add your link to the text.
Is there a setting or something so that when I type a website in like www.bwears.com it comes up as a hyperlink instead of me having to add it to both the text and the box thingy???

[tizbo1423]

you gotta highlight the text and make it a link every time, no short cut.. that i know of. if you figure it out, let me know.

i'm a designer too, and i agree, it gets annoying.

[OctoberWind]

You really shouldn't have to depend on Design View to "build" you web pages.

That being said, from Code View, its as simple as <a href ="">text</a>

Also, if you are linking to an image or page that is within your site, and you have the 'Files' pane open, highlight your text, goto the 'Properties' pane to the Link bar, and grab the "target" to drag-and-point to the file.

Likewise you can drag-and-drop files from the 'Files' pane to create links.