User Guide

Editing Flex component properties 101
Editing Flex component properties
You can visually edit the properties and events of MXML or Flash components in one central
location—the Attributes panel. In addition, you can use the Quick Tag Editor to make quick
edits to MXML tags without leaving Design view.
Note: You cannot edit component properties after you start a debugging session. For more
information, see “Debugging ActionScript” on page 87.
To edit component properties with the Attributes panel:
1. Click the component in the page.
The properties of the component appear in the Attributes panel of the Tag inspector
(Window > Tag Inspector).
2. If the item you want to edit is in a navigator container such as an Accordion or TabNavigator,
click the tab of the navigator component to move between panes.
3. If the item you want to edit is hidden in a ViewStack container, click the ViewStack container
and then click the left or right arrows that appear at the top of the container to cycle through
the items in the container.
You can also right-click the container and select Next View or Previous View from the pop-up
menu.
4. Set the properties of the component in the Attributes panel.