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Document.entereditmode(), Document.exiteditmode() – Adobe Extending Flash Professional CS4 User Manual

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Document object

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.