Bustin Lib; Helpful ActionScript by Alex Bustin

Usage

To use the Inspector in your project, simply run this line of code once at the start of your project.

Inspector.getInstance().init(stage);

This will then allow you to press Shift+i at any time (with the stage focused) to bring up the Inspector menu. The menu contains a few starting points:

• Target a DisplayObject - Use the Mouse to select and inspect a DisplayObject from the stage.
• Inspect Document/Main Class - Inspect your main/document/root DisplayObject class.
• Show Inspectable Object Shelf - Show your object shelf
• Create a new Instance - Panel containing a few basic new/empty objects.

If you are unable to use the Shift+i method or just which to define your own key combination, you can invoke:

Inspector.getInstance().show();

The Inspector is panel based and should float over your application. A panel encapsulates a single object and exposes it's public variables, objects and methods. A panel can be dragged around from all of its sides and resized from its lower left corner. You can use the close button from the main menu to close all panels or close individual panels using the close button from a panel.

A panels is able to spore another inspector panels. Usually for a member object or method from the panels target object.

A "Live" object panel is a special instance of a panel that will auto trigger the setter function of the originating object when a variable in the child panel is changed. This is useful for showing real time Matrix transforms on DisplayObjects for example.

If you wish to inspect non-DisplayObject, you may find it useful to use the shelf method. The shelf is a list of weak references to objects you might not be able to get to threw targeting. It's also very useful for inspecting Private objects. To shelf an object, do the following:

Inspector.getInstance().shelf(arbitraryName:String, objectToInspect:Object):void

You may also find "Link Object" buttons next to objects and to the upper right of most Panels. These buttons allow you to drag and drop ActionScript object between panels for setting. Start dragging and a line shall appear symbolizing the linking operations is running. When the line turns color to Yellow, that indicates that a drop at that time shall be a valid one. A drop at any other time shall lead to no action.