Hello patrick,
Totally understand your frustration. Can you tell us the DW build number that you're using and on which platform [Win/OSX]
Alternatively, you may also try out the latest version of Dreamweaver: DWcc2014.1.1 (February 2015 release) and let us know if you still face the same issue.
For the list of new features, see http://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/whats-new.html
Cheers,
Subhadeep