Flash

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Inserting Flash in CKEditor is very simple task. To add flash press the CKEditor flash.png button on the toolbar. A popup window called "FlashProperties" appears. It includes four bookmarks:

General

CKEditor flash properties.png

The first bookmark named "General" refers to:

  • URL: defines the URL address of the flash object. You may also use the "Browse Sever" in order to browse the files.
  • Width: specifies flash object width.
  • Height: specifies flash object height.
  • HSpace: defines the size of the horizontal gap.
  • VSpace: defines the size of the vertical gap.
  • Preview: in this window user may view how the window looks with the added flash object.


Pressing "OK" inserts the image with the specified properties.

Upload

Notice that this bookmark may not be available if CKEditor is not connected to the file manager, such as CKFinder.

The second bookmarks refers to "Upload" option:

CKEditor flash upload.png

  • Upload: specifies the location of the flash file on your local hard drive. User may also use "browse" instead of typing the location manually.

Pressing "Send it to the Server" sends the flash object to the server.

Properties

The third bookmark is the "Properties" section:

File:CKEditor properties flash.png

This bookmark allows user to set following options:

  • Scale specifies scale of the flash object. User may choose one option from following possibilities:Show all, No Border, Exact Fit.
  • Script Access specifies how to run external scripts. User may choose one of three options: Always, Same domain, Never.
  • Window mode specifies how to window looks like. User may choose one from: Window, Opaque, Transparent.
  • Quality: specifies the quality of the flash object. User may choose one of six option: Best, High, Auto High, Medium, Auto Low, Low.
  • Align: specifies the alignment of the flash object. User may choose from: Left, Abs Bottom, Abs Middle, Baseline, Bottom, Middle, Right, Text Top or Top.

And checkbox option:

  • Enable Flash Menu if you check this option context flash menu will be enabled.
  • Auto Play if you check this option flash will start immediately.
  • Loop if you check this option flash will play in loop.
  • Allow Fullscreen if you check this option flash may be shown in full screen.


Press "OK" to save the changes.

Advanced

This bookmark allow user to set advanced properties:

CKEditor flash advanced.png

  • Id: specifies the ID of the flash object.
  • Advisory Title: specifies the description of the target object.
  • Background color: sets background's color.
  • Stylesheet Classes: specifies the name of the CSS class.
  • Style: specifies the style.