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Arguments
menuId
■ The menuId argument is the string that defines the menu in the insertbar.xml file.
Returns
A string value defining the ID of the default item.
Example
The following example assigns the current default object for the Media menu to the defID
variable:
var defId = dw.objectPalette.getMenuDefault("DW_Media");
dreamweaver.objectPalette.setMenuDefault()
Availability
Dreamweaver MX 2004.
Description
Sets the default object for a pop-up menu. The default object’s icon represents the specified
pop-up menu on the Insert bar. The user can click on the default object to insert it, or click
on the arrow beside the default object to open the pop-up menu and see the other objects in
that menu. Dreamweaver sets the new menu default the next time the user opens
Dreamweaver or uses the Reload Extensions command.
Arguments
menuId, defaultId
■ The menuId argument is the string that defines the menu in the insertbar.xml file.
■ The defaultId argument is the string that defines the new default object in the
insertbar.xml field.
Returns
A Boolean value: true if the new default is successfully set; false otherwise.
Example
The following example sets the Flash object as the default object for the Media menu:
dw.objectPalette.setMenuDefault("DW_Media", "DW_Flash");
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