DdEdit

Edits single-line text, multi-line text, attribute definitions, and attribute text (short for "dynamic dialog editor").

Accessing the Command

command bar:  ddedit

alias:  ed

mouse: double-click: single-line text, multi-line text, attribute definition, or attribute text.

: ddedit

Prompts you in the command bar:

Select entity to modify: (Choose a text entity.)

• When you choose single-line text (created by the Text command), displays the Edit Text dialog box:

Edit text, and then click OK.

Drag the left or right edge of the Edit Text dialog box to widen it. The new width is remembered the next time you open the dialog box.

• When you choose multi-line text (created by the MText command), displays the Multiline Text dialog box.
  The MTEXTFIXED system variable controls whether the view is zoomed, rotated and/or panned to fit the edited Mtext.

• When you choose attribute definition text (created by the AttDef command), displays the Edit Attribute Definition dialog box:

Edit attribute definition, and then click OK.

• When you choose attribute text in a block (placed by the Insert command), displays the Attribute Editor dialog box; see EAttEdit command.

After exiting the dialog box the value of the TEXTEDITMODE system variable controls whether the command is automatically repeated or not.

• 0: Repeats the command until the Esc-key is hit.

• 1: Does not repeat the command. The command ends when a single text entity is edited.

• 2: Automatic edit mode. Single editing in case of preselected text; multiple otherwise.

Command Options

No options.

Procedures

To edit a text entity

To edit a selection of Mtext entities

To select a different multiline text editor

To edit tag, prompt or default text of an attribute

To edit an attribute definition

Related Commands

Text - places single-lines of text in drawings.

-Text - places text and evaluates LISP expressions.

MText and -MText - places paragraph text.

DdAtte - edits attribute values.

Style - creates and modifies text styles through the Drawing Explorer.

-Style - creates and modifies text styles through the command bar.

Change - changes the position of text.

TxtExp - explodes text into polylines.

Spell - checks the spelling of text in drawings.

Properties - modifies the properties of text.

Find - finds and replaces text.