Dreamweaver in a Nutshell

Property Inspector

Use the Property inspector (PI) to display or edit properties of the currently selected element. There are several ways to open the Property inspector (if it is already open, most of the gestures close it):

• Select Window → Properties or Modify → Selection Properties.

• Press Ctrl+F3 (Windows) or Cmd+F3 (Macintosh).

• Double-click on an HTML element (this gesture does not open the Property inspector for some element types, such as text, and opens the file selection dialog box for other element types, such as images).

• Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Macintosh) and choose Properties from the contextual pop-up menu.

Figure 1-5 shows the Property inspector’s appearance when a text object within a table is selected. The upper half of the Property inspector is the same for all text objects, but the lower half may differ. You can show or hide the lower half of the Property inspector using the Expand/Contract button indicated in Figure 1-5, or simply by double-clicking an unoccupied area within the Property inspector.

Table 1-3 lists the properties that are most commonly needed and available from the Property inspector at almost all times (and are also available via menu choices).

Tip

To create a hyperlink, highlight an item, such as a piece of text, in the Document window and specify the destination document in the Link field of the Property inspector. You can drag-and-drop a file into the Link field or select a file using the Browse icon in the Property inspector.

Figure 1-5. The ...