Specifications

Property Inspectors 121
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.
Arguments
None.
Use “dom.getSelectedNode()” on page 546 to get the current selection as a JavaScript object.
Returns
Dreamweaver expects true if the inspector can inspect the current selection; false otherwise.
Example
The following instance of canInspectSelection() returns true if the selection contains the
CLASSID attribute, and the value of that attribute is "clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-
444553540000"
(the class ID for Flash Player):
function canInspectSelection(){
var theDOM = dw.getDocumentDOM();
var theObj = theDOM.getSelectedNode();
return (theObj.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && ¬
theObj.hasAttribute("classid") && ¬
theObj.getAttribute("classid").toLowerCase()== ¬
"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000");
}
displayHelp()
Description
If this function is defined, a question mark (?) icon appears in the upper-right corner of the
Property inspector. This function is called when the user clicks the icon.
Arguments
None.
Returns
Dreamweaver expects nothing.
Example
The following example of displayHelp() opens a file in a browser window that explains the
fields of the Property inspector:
function displayHelp(){
dw.browseDocument(‘http://www.hooha.com/dw/inspectors/inspHelp.html’);
}