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<description>
Description
The
description
from the Preferences dialog box. The description text displays below the list of menu groups. The
description text might optionally contain a single
JavaScript URL that Dreamweaver executes if the user clicks the link. Use the XML CDATA
construct to enclose any special or illegal characters in the string so that Dreamweaver treats them
as text.
Attributes
None.
Contents
Description text.
Container
The
menugroup
Example
<description>
<![CDATA[ To add or remove tags and attributes, use the <a
href="javascript:dw.tagLibrary.showTagLibraryEditor()">Tag Library Editor</
a>.
]]>
</description>
<menu>
Description
This tag describes a single pop-up menu. Dreamweaver opens the menu whenever the user types
the last character of the string in the pattern attribute. For example, the menu that shows the
contents of a Session variable might have a pattern attribute that is equal to "
Attributes
pattern, doctypes, casesensitive
•
The
pattern
open the Code Hints menu. If the first character of the pattern is a letter, number, or
underscore, Dreamweaver displays the menu only if the character that precedes the pattern in
the document is not a letter, number, or underscore. For example, if the pattern is "
Dreamweaver does not display the menu if the user types "
•
The
doctypes
This attribute lets you specify different lists of function names for ASP-JavaScript (ASP-JS),
Java Server Pages (JSP), Macromedia ColdFusion, and so on. You can specify the
attribute as a comma-separated list of document type IDs. See the Dreamweaver
Configuration/Documenttypes/MMDocumentTypes.xml file for a list of Dreamweaver
document types.
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tag contains text that Dreamweaver displays when you select the menu group
tag.
attribute specifies the pattern of typed characters that cause Dreamweaver to
attribute specifies that the menu is active only for the specified document types.
tag where the attribute must be a
a href
my_Session.
".
Session.
",
Session.
".
doctypes