Inserting Media > Inserting Netscape Navigator plugin content > Playing plugins in the Document window

Playing plugins in the Document window

You can preview movies and animations that rely on Navigator plugins—that is, elements that use the embed tag—directly in the Design view of the Document window. (It is not possible to preview movies or animations that rely on ActiveX controls in the Document window.) You can play all plugin elements at one time to see how the page will look to the user, or you can play each one individually to ensure that you have embedded the correct media element.

To play movies, the proper plugins must be installed on your computer. When Dreamweaver starts up, it automatically searches for all installed plugins, looking first in the Configuration/Plugins folder and then in the plugin folders of all installed browsers.

To play plugin content in the Document window:

1	Insert one or more media elements by choosing Insert > Media > Shockwave, Insert > Interactive Images > Flash, or Insert > Media > Plugin.
2	Play plugin content:
	Select one of the media elements you have inserted, and choose View > Plugins > Play or click the Play button in the Property inspector.
	Choose View > Plugins > Play All to play all of the media elements on the selected page that rely on plugins.

Note: Play All only applies to the current document; it does not apply to other documents in a frameset, for example.

To stop playing plugin content:

Select a media element and choose View > Plugins > Stop, or click the Stop button in the Property inspector.

You can also choose View > Plugins > Stop All to stop all plugin content from playing.