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Using the inspector, Using the inspector 22 – Apple WebObjects 3.5 User Manual

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Chapter 1

Creating a Simple WebObjects Application

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Using the Inspector

You use the Inspector window to set properties of the elements in your
component. The Inspector’s title and contents reflect the element you’ve
selected in the component window.

1. Click .

A window titled Heading Inspector appears. It allows you to set the level of
the heading.

2. Click “1”.

The text is now part of an

tag, and it is displayed in a larger font.

3. Click the

icon at the top of the window.

The top of the window shows the element path to the selected element. Any
element can be contained in a hierarchy of several levels of elements and
can in turn contain other elements. Here, the element path shows that the
heading element is contained in the page element, which is the top level of
the hierarchy. By clicking the icons in the element path, you can easily
choose different elements in the hierarchy.

Click here to set the heading level.

The element path. Click to inspect
different elements in the hierarchy.