User Guide

Creating Tag Definitions 175

You can create the definition file in three ways:

• Write it manually.

• Create it from an existing tag definition file.

• Use the Tag Definitions Library dialog box to add a tag and edit the generated file.

Defining attributes

The attributes block defines attributes inside the main tag block.

The

attributes block can only contain attrib tags. The following example

demonstrates the definition of four tag attributes:

</attributes>

In most cases, features such as Tag Insight require more than just the names of the

attributes. You can use the

attrib tag to define the following attributes:

• Attribute value types

• Enumerated values for the

align attribute)

The optional

caption attribute specifies the form in which the option appears in the

drop-down lists, while the

value attribute specifies the underlying value used by the

attribute.

Defining attribute categories

Use the attribcategories section to define attribute categories. The categories are

used to organize the attributes when viewed in the Tag Inspector. The

attribcategories block can only contain attribgroup tags. The following example

demonstrates the definition of four categories.

<attribgroup name="appearance"

elements="background,bgproperties,leftmargin,,topmargin"/>

<attribgroup name="colors"

elements="bgcolor,vlivk,alink,link,text"/>

<attribgroup name="misc"

elements="gizmo"/>

</attribcategories>