The Object palette contains buttons for inserting objects such as tables, layers, and images. Click any button to create the specified object. When inserting images, tables, and Shockwave movies, a dialog box prompts you for additional information. You can suppress these dialog boxes by turning off the Show Dialog When Inserting Objects option in General preferences. See General preferences. Use the Property inspector to change object properties after the object has been inserted.

Dreamweaver includes three panels in the Object palette: Common, Forms, and Invisibles. Use the pop-up menu to switch between panels.

You can modify any object in the palette or create your own objects. See About object files or Creating a new object for more information.

Common
The Common panel in the Object palette contains the most commonly used buttons:

	Image inserts a place holder for a graphic image at the cursor location. A dialog box appears so that you can specify a source file for the image. See Inserting an image.
	Table inserts a table at the cursor location. See Inserting a table.
	Horizontal Rule inserts a horizontal rule at the cursor location. See Adding and changing a horizontal rule.
	Layer creates a layer. Click the button and move the pointer into the Document window and drag to define the size and location of a layer. By default, Dreamweaver creates a Cascading Style Sheets layer defined by the DIV tag. Use the Property inspector to select a different tag. Change the default setting with Layer preferences. See Creating a layer.
	Java Applet inserts a place holder for a Java applet at the cursor location. Use the Property inspector to specify a source file for the Java applet. See Java applet properties.
	ActiveX Control inserts a place holder for an ActiveX control at the cursor location using the OBJECT tag. Use the Property inspector to specify a source file for the ActiveX control. See ActiveX properties.
	Netscape Plugin inserts a place holder for a Netscape plugin at the cursor location using the EMBED tag. Use the Property inspector to specify a source file for the Netscape plugin. See Netscape plugin properties.
	Shockwave Director inserts a place holder for a Shockwave Director movie at the cursor location using the OBJECT and EMBED tags. Properties for tags have been preset with proper CODEBASE, CLASS ID, and PLUGINSPAGE values for Shockwave Director. Use the Property inspector to specify a source file for the Shockwave Director movie. See Shockwave properties.
	Shockwave Flash inserts a place holder for a Shockwave Flash movie at the cursor location using the OBJECT and EMBED tags. Properties for tags have been preset with proper CODEBASE, CLASS ID, and PLUGINSPAGE values for Shockwave Flash. Use the Property inspector to specify a source file for the Shockwave Flash movie. See Shockwave properties.

Forms
The Forms panel in the Object palette contains the following buttons for creating forms:

	Form inserts a form at the cursor location. Forms are containers for the following form elements.
	Text Field inserts a text field at the cursor location. Place the cursor within a form boundary before inserting a field. Fields outside of forms do not appear in a browser. Set the name, size, and initial value in the Property inspector.
	Button inserts a button with a default NAME and VALUE of "Submit" at the cursor location. Place the cursor within a form boundary before inserting a button. Buttons outside of forms do not appear in browsers. Set the name, label, and action in the Property inspector.
	Check Box inserts a check box at the cursor location. Place the cursor within a form boundary before inserting a check box. Check boxes outside of forms do not appear in browsers. Set the check box's name, value when checked, and initial state in the Property inspector.
	Radio Button inserts a radio button at the cursor location. Place the cursor within a form boundary before inserting a radio button. Radio buttons outside of forms do not appear in browsers. Set the radio button's name, value when checked, and initial state in the Property inspector.
	List/Menu inserts a list/menu at the cursor location. Place the cursor within a form boundary before inserting a list/menu. List/menus outside of forms do not appear in browsers. Set the list/menu's name, type, and values in the Property inspector.
	File Field inserts a file field at the cursor location. Place the cursor within a form boundary before inserting a file field. File fields outside of forms do not appear in browsers. Set the file field's name in the Property inspector.
	Image Field inserts an image field at the cursor location. Place the cursor within a form boundary before inserting an image field . Image fields outside of forms do not appear in browsers. Set the image field's name, value, and source file in the Property inspector.
	Hidden Field inserts a hidden field at the cursor location. Place the cursor within a form boundary before inserting a hidden field. Hidden fields outside of forms do not appear in browsers. Set the hidden field's name and value in the Property inspector.

Invisibles
The following buttons on the Invisibles panel create objects that are not visible in the Document window. Choose View > Show Invisibles to display icons that mark the locations of these objects. Click the icons to select the objects and change their properties. See About invisible elements.

	Script inserts a script at the cursor location. Use the Property inspector to choose the language and enter text for the script. See Entering and editing scripts.
	Named Anchor inserts a named anchor (<A NAME = ""></A>) at the cursor location. Use the Property inspector to enter a name. See Using named anchors for navigation.
	Comment insert a comment in the HTML code at the cursor location. Use the Property inspector to enter text for the comment. See Inserting comments.
	Line break inserts a line break (<BR>) at the cursor location.