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The Property inspector API

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Creating the image

You can optionally create the image that appears in the Property inspector.

To create the image:

1.

Create an image that is 36 pixels wide and 36 pixels high.

2.

Save the image as marquee.gif in Configuration/Inspectors.

In general, you can save images for Property inspectors in any format that Dreamweaver 
supports.

Testing the Property inspector

Finally, you can test the Property inspector.

To test the Property inspector:

1.

Restart Dreamweaver.

2.

Create a new HTML page, or open an existing HTML page.

3.

Add the following in the 

BODY

 section of the page:

<MARQUEE></MARQUEE>

4.

Highlight the text you just added.

The Property inspector you created for the 

MARQUEE

 tag appears.

5.

Enter a value for the Direction attribute in the Property inspector.

The tag on your page changes to include the direction attribute and the value you entered 
in the Property inspector.

The Property inspector API

Two of the Property inspector API functions (

canInspectSelection()

 and 

inspectSelection()

) are required. 

canInspectSelection()

Description

Determines whether the Property inspector is appropriate for the current selection.