The inspector – Apple WebObjects 3.5 Tools And Techniques User Manual

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The Inspector

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Some elements (such as text fields and text areas) can be selected simply by
clicking them; they appear with a gray line underneath.

Other elements (such as tables) require you to click outside the element
and drag across it in order to select it.

To select a range of elements, drag across them, or press the Shift key while
clicking at the end of the range.

The Inspector

You use the Inspector to set HTML attributes of the elements in your
component.

To open the Inspector, click

. The Inspector’s title and contents reflect

the element you’ve selected in the component window. Each element has
its own Inspector that allows you to set properties appropriate for the
element. For example, the Heading Inspector shown here allows you to set
the level of a heading element. Other elements have different properties
that you can set.

Click here to set the heading level.

The element path. Click to inspect
different elements in the hierarchy.

Click here to make static elements
dynamic and vice versa.

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