I am trying to add a custom button to my toolbar which, when clicked, will open the Properties dialog for the element currently having focus ... but I am at a loss at how to do that. The current Properties dialog is buried too deep for my liking, so I want a more accessible button in the toolbar.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi GalaGalaxia,

 

For now has not provide the api to open the properties dialog. So I think can not achieve it with your custom button. Sorry for your inconvenience.

 

Regards,

 

Ken 

Well, I know the properties dialog uses Tag.php with a parameter for which tag we are editing (... /Dialogs/Tag.php?Tag=TD ...). Opening the URL directly, obviously doesn't work, as it doesn't know which element is being edited, or the calling window.

 

There are two JavaScript error messages in the console that provide a hint:

Dialog_TagHead.js needs a parameter "arg"

Dialog_Tag_Td.js (in this case, presumably a different JS file if a different tag is being referenced) needs parameter "element".

 

For "arg", it gets its values from:

 

The function Window_FindDialogArguments is defined in Dialog_TagHead.js

 

So, yes ... I know there's no API for this, but I am well proficient with JavaScript to code things, if I just knew what, if anything, needs to be called, and with what parameter.

Certainly there must be a way to accomplish this. I mean, if I click the Cell properties button when in a table cell, the properties dialog pops up. Same goes for all the various properties dialogs that are accessed directly (and dynamically) from within the "Tag" sub menu, or the DOM Tag Tree at the bottom of the editor.

 

So, I know it can be done ... I just don't have the parameter, and with the code being minified, it's a bit difficult to follow. But I know it can be done, if someone were just willing to tell me how ...

Hi,

 

In the tag dialog , the parameters are these stuffs :

 

var arg=Window_FindDialogArguments(window);
var editor=arg.editor;
var editwin=arg.window;
var editdoc=arg.document;
var element=arg.element;

 

Regards,
Terry