Metadata tags

The following table describes the metadata tags you can use in ActionScript class files:

Tag

Description

Inspectable

Exposes a property in the Component inspector and Property inspector. See About the Inspectable tag.

InspectableList

Identifies which subset of inspectable properties should be listed in the Property inspector and Component inspector. If you don't add an InspectableList attribute to your component's class, all inspectable parameters appear in the Property inspector. See About the InspectableList tag.

Event

Defines a component event. See About the Event tag.

Bindable

Reveals a property in the Bindings tab of the Component inspector. See About the Bindable tag.

ChangeEvent

Identifies a event that cause data binding to occur. See About the ChangeEvent tag.

Collection

Identifies a collection attribute exposed in the Component inspector. See About the Collection tag.

IconFile

Specifies the filename for the icon that represents this component in the Components panel. See About the IconFile tag.

ComponentTask

Specifies the filenames of one or more associated JSFL files to perform tasks in the authoring environment. See About the ComponentTask tag.

The following sections describe the component metadata tags in more detail.