Use the Insert bar
The Insert bar contains buttons for creating and inserting objects such as tables and images. The buttons are organized into categories.
Hide or show the Insert bar
Show the buttons in a particular category
Display the pop‑up menu for a button
Show Insert bar categories as a menu:
Right-click (Windows) or Control‑click (Macintosh)
a category tab in the Insert bar, and then select Show as Menus.Show Insert bar categories as tabs
Click the arrow beside the category name
on the left end of the Insert bar, and then select Show as Tabs.Insert an object
- Select the appropriate category from the left side of the Insert bar.
- Do one of the following:
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Click an object button or drag the button’s icon into the Document window.
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Click the arrow on a button, then select an option from the menu.
Depending on the object, a corresponding object-insertion dialog box may appear, prompting you to browse to a file or specify parameters for an object. Or, Dreamweaver may insert code into the document, or open a tag editor or a panel for you to specify information before the code is inserted.
For some objects, no dialog box appears if you insert the object in Design view, but a tag editor appears if you insert the object in Code view. For a few objects, inserting the object in Design view causes Dreamweaver to switch to Code view before inserting the object.
Note: Some objects, such as named anchors, are not visible when the page is viewed in a browser window. You can display icons in Design view that mark the locations of such invisible objects.
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Bypass the object-insertion dialog box and insert an empty placeholder object
Control-click (Windows) or Option-click (Macintosh)
the button for the object.
For example, to insert a placeholder for an image without specifying an image file, Control‑click or Option-click the Image button.
Modify preferences for the Insert bar
- In the General category of the Preferences dialog box,
deselect Show Dialog When Inserting Objects to suppress dialog boxes
when you insert objects such as images, tables, scripts, and head
elements or by holding down the Control key (Windows) or the Option
key (Macintosh) while creating the object.
When you insert an object with this option
off, the object is given default attribute values. Use the Property
inspector to change object properties after inserting the object.
Add, delete, or manage items in the Favorites category of the Insert bar
- Select any category in the Insert bar.
- Right-click (Windows) or Control‑click (Macintosh) in the area where the buttons appear (do not right-click in the category name), and then select Customize Objects.
- Make changes as necessary, and click OK. If you’re not
in the Favorites category, select that category to see your changes.
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To add an object, select an object in the Available Objects pane on the left, and then click the arrow between the two panes or double-click the object in the Available Objects pane.
Note: You can add one object at a time. You cannot select a category name, such as Common, to add an entire category to your favorites list. -
To delete an object or separator, select an object in the Favorite Objects pane on the right, and then click the Remove Selected Object in Favorite Objects List button above the pane.
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To move an object, select an object in the Favorite Objects pane on the right, and then click the Up or Down arrow button above the pane.
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To add a separator below an object, select an object in the Favorite Objects pane on the right, and then click the Add Separator button below the pane.
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