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Customizing Code view
• The description for each menu group
The description appears in the Preferences dialog box for the code hints category when you select the menu group
in the list. The description for the selected entry appears below the menu group list.
• code hints menus
A menu consists of a pattern that triggers the code hints menu and a list of commands. For example, a pattern such
as
& could trigger a menu such as & , > , < .
The following example shows the format of the CodeHints.xml file (The tags in bold are described in “ Code hints
tags ” on page 35):
<codehints>
<menugroup name="HTML Entities" enabled="true" id="CodeHints_HTML_Entities">
<description>
<![CDATA[ When you type a '&', a pop-up menu shows
a list of HTML entities. The list of HTML entities
is stored in Configuration/CodeHints.xml. ]]>
</description>
<menu pattern="&amp;">
<menuitem value="&amp;amp;" texticon="&amp;"/>
<menuitem value="&amp;lt;" icon="lessThan.gif"/>
</menu>
</menugroup>
<menugroup name="Tag Names" enabled="true" id="CodeHints_Tag_Names">
<description>
<![CDATA[ When you type '<', a pop-up menu shows
all possible tag names.0You can edit the list of tag
names using the
<a href="javascript:dw.popupTagLibraryEditor()"> Tag Library
Editor </a>]]>
</description>
</menugroup>
<menugroup name="Function Arguments" enabled="true"
id="CodeHints_Function_Arguments">
<description>
...
</description>
<function pattern="ArraySort(array, sort_type, sort_order)"
doctypes="CFML"/>
<function pattern="Response.addCookie(Cookie cookie)"
doctypes="JSP"/>
</menugroup>
</codehints>
JavaScript code hinting
Dreamweaver supports code hinting for the Spry framework. The Spry code hinting file (SpryCodeHints.xml) has the
same basic format as CodeHints.xml. It uses certain new keywords, such as
method , and there is a new attribute
classpattern to associate the class member list with the class (for example, Spry.Data.XMLDataSet). The class
member list for the classes is nested inside the menu (methods, properties, and events).