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How Property inspector files work
At start up, Dreamweaver reads the first line of each HTM and HTML file in the
Configuration/Inspectors folder, searching for the comment string that defines the type,
priority, and selection type of a Property inspector. Files that do not have this comment as
their first line are ignored.
When the user makes a selection in Dreamweaver or moves the insertion point to a different
location, the following events occur:
1.
Dreamweaver searches for any inspectors that have a
2.
If there are any
within
currently selected tag to check whether there are inspectors for any tags that surround the
selection. If there are no
have a selection type of
3.
For the first tag that has one or more inspectors, Dreamweaver calls each inspector's
canInspectSelection()
no longer considers the inspector a candidate for inspecting the selection.
4.
If more than one potential inspector remains after calling the
function, Dreamweaver sorts the remaining inspectors by priority.
5.
If more than one potential inspector shares the same priority, Dreamweaver selects an
inspector alphabetically by name.
6.
The selected inspector appears in the Property inspector floating panel. If the Property
inspector file defines the
in the upper-right corner of the inspector.
7.
Dreamweaver calls the
current selection and populate the inspector's fields.
8.
Event handlers attached to the fields in the Property inspector interface execute as the user
encounters them. (For example, you might have an
setAttribute()
inspectors, Dreamweaver searches up the document tree from the
inspectors, Dreamweaver searches for any inspectors that
within
.
exact
function. If this function returns the value
displayHelp()
inspectSelection()
function to set an attribute to the value that the user enters.)
selection type.
within
canInspectSelection()
function, a small question mark (?) icon appears
function to gather information about the
event that calls the
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