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Chapter 3: Creating, Coding, and Debugging Flex Files
Using the Quick Tag Editor
You can use the Quick Tag Editor to quickly inspect and edit HTML tags without leaving Design
view.
To use the Quick Tag Editor:
1.
In Design view, double-click any standard MXML component in the file.
The Quick Tag Editor appears. Depending on the component you double-clicked, the
title
,
text
, or
label
value in the tag may be highlighted and ready for your changes to help you
work even faster.
2.
Edit the tag and then press Enter when you’re finished.
Setting coding preferences
You can customize the Flex coding environment in Flex Builder.
While this section covers some basic coding preferences, it does not cover every preference. For
more information, see “Setting Up Your Coding Environment” in Using Dreamweaver Help.
This section contains the following topics:
•
“Setting code-coloring preferences” on page 80
•
“Setting code formatting preferences” on page 81
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“Setting code hints preferences” on page 82
Setting code-coloring preferences
You can change the color of MXML and ActionScript code displayed in Flex Builder.
To set code-coloring preferences for MXML and ActionScript:
1.
Select Edit > Preferences > Code Coloring.
2.
Select one of the MXML or ActionScript options from the list of document types, and click Edit
Coloring Scheme.
Summary of Contents for FLEX BUILDER-USING FLEX BUILDER
Page 1: ...Using Flex Builder...
Page 116: ...116 Chapter 4 Building a Flex User Interface Visually...
Page 144: ...144 Chapter 6 Working with Data...
Page 154: ...154 Appendix A Basic Flex Concepts...