Adobe Extending Dreamweaver CS4 - Manual (Page 226)

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Property inspectors
function canInspectSelection(){3
var theDOM = dw.getDocumentDOM();
var theObj = theDOM.getSelectedNode();
return (theObj.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && ¬
theObj.hasAttribute("classid") && ¬
theObj.getAttribute("classid").toLowerCase()== ¬
"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000");
}
displayHelp()
Description
If this function is defined, a question mark (?) icon appears in the upper-right corner of the Property inspector. This
function is called when the user clicks the icon.
Arguments
None.
Returns
Dreamweaver expects nothing.
Example
The following example of the
displayHelp() function opens a file in a browser window. The file explains the fields
of the Property inspector.
function displayHelp(){
dw.browseDocument('http://www.hooha.com/dw/inspectors/inspHelp.html');
}
inspectSelection()
Description
Refreshes the contents of the text fields based on the attributes of the current selection.
Arguments
maxOrMin
• The maxOrMin argument is either max or min , depending on whether the Property inspector is in its expanded or
contracted state.
Returns
Dreamweaver expects nothing.
Example
The following example of the
inspectSelection() function gets the value of the content attribute and uses it to
populate a form field called keywords :