Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS5 - Manual (Page 119)

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Document object
Last updated 5/2/2011
document.enterEditMode()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.enterEditMode([editMode])
Parameters
editMode A string that specifies the editing mode. Acceptable values are "inPlace" or "newWindow" . If no
parameter is specified, the default is symbol-editing mode. This parameter is optional.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; switches the authoring tool into the editing mode specified by the parameter. If no parameter is specified, the
method defaults to symbol-editing mode, which has the same result as right-clicking the symbol to invoke the context
menu and selecting Edit.
Example
The following example puts Flash in edit-in-place mode for the currently selected symbol:
fl.getDocumentDOM().enterEditMode('inPlace');
The following example puts Flash in edit-in-new-window mode for the currently selected symbol:
fl.getDocumentDOM().enterEditMode('newWindow');
See also
document.exitEditMode()
document.exitEditMode()
Availability
Flash MX 2004.
Usage
document.exitEditMode()
Parameters
None.
Returns
Nothing.