document.enterEditMode()

Availability

Flash MX 2004.

Usage

document.enterEditMode([editMode])

Parameters

editMode

A string that specifies the editing mode. Acceptable values are "inPlace" or "newWindow". If no parameter is specified, the default is symbol-editing mode. This parameter is optional.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Method; switches the authoring tool into the editing mode specified by the parameter. If no parameter is specified, the method defaults to symbol-editing mode, which has the same result as right-clicking the symbol to invoke the context menu and selecting Edit.

Example

The following example puts Flash in edit-in-place mode for the currently selected symbol:

fl.getDocumentDOM().enterEditMode('inPlace');

The following example puts Flash in edit-in-new-window mode for the currently selected symbol:

fl.getDocumentDOM().enterEditMode('newWindow'); 

See also

document.exitEditMode()