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Selecting and editing assets
The Assets panel allows you to select multiple assets at once. It also provides a
quick way to begin editing assets.
To select multiple assets:
1
Select one of the assets by clicking it. Then select the other assets in one of the
following ways:
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Shift-click to select a consecutive series of assets.
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Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Macintosh) to add an individual
asset to the selection (whether or not it’s adjacent to the existing selection).
Control-click or Command-click a selected asset to deselect it.
To edit an asset:
1
Do one of the following:
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Double-click the asset.
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Select the asset, then click Edit.
For some kinds of assets, such as images, editing the asset starts an external
editing application. For colors and URLs, editing the asset lets you change the
asset’s value in the Favorites list only. (You can’t edit colors and URLs in the Site
list.) For templates and library items, editing the asset allows you to make
changes to the asset within Dreamweaver.
If an external editor doesn’t open for an asset that’s supposed to use one, choose
Edit > Preferences, select the File Types/Editors category, and make sure you
have an external editor defined for the asset’s file type. See “Launching an
external editor” on page 298.
2
Change the asset as desired.
3
When you’re done editing the asset, do one of the following:
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If the asset is a file-based asset (anything other than a color or URL), save it
(using whatever editor you used to edit it) and close it.
•
If the asset is a URL, click OK when you’re finished editing in the Edit
URL dialog box.
If the asset is a color, the Dreamweaver color picker is dismissed automatically
when you pick a color. (To dismiss the color picker without picking a
color, press Esc.)