Extending ADOBE® DREAMWEAVER® CS5 & CS5.5 Legal notices Legal notices For legal notices, see http://help.adobe.com/en_US/legalnotices/index.html. Last updated 6/15/2011 iii Contents Chapter 1: Introduction About extensions . 1 Install an extension . 1 Creating an extension . 2 Additional resources for extension writers . 2 New features in Dreamweaver CS5 . 2 Conventions used in this guide . 3 Chapter 2: Customizing Dreamweaver Ways to customize Dreamweaver . 4 Customizing Dreamweaver in a multiuser environment . 10 Changing FTP mappings . 12 Extensible document types in Dreamweaver . 13 Changing keyboard shortcut mappings . 27 Chapter 3: Customizing Code view About code hints . 30 About code coloring . 44 About Code validation . 67 Changing default HTML formatting . 70 About Vertical Split view . 70 About related files . 71 About Live view . 73 Chapter 4: Extending Dreamweaver Types of Dreamweaver extensions . 75 Configuration folders and extensions . 77 Extension APIs . 79 Localizing an extension . 80 Working with the Extension Manager . 81 Chapter 5: User interfaces for extensions Extension user interface designing guidelines . 82 Dreamweaver HTML rendering control . 83 Custom UI controls in extensions . 83 Adding Flash content to Dreamweaver . 91 Photoshop integration and Smart Objects . 93 Chapter 6: The Dreamweaver Document Object Model About Dreamweaver DOM . 95 Distinguishing between the user document and extension DOMs . 95 The Dreamweaver DOM . 96 Last updated 6/15/2011 EXTENDING DREAMWEAVER iv Contents Chapter 7: Insert bar objects How object files work . 104 The Insert bar definition file . 105 Modifying the Insert bar . 111 A simple insert object example . 112 The objects API functions . 120 Chapter 8: Browser compatibility check issues API How detection works . 125 An Issues example . ..