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# vdl-action-attachment-edit

Open the attachment editor for a located attachment. The value passed into this action will return unchanged.

since 4.8

### Required parent element

Must be contained within one of the following elements:

- <vdl-action-group>

### Example

    <vdl-action-group name="showAttachmentEditor">
      <vdl-action-attachment-edit tag="my-scenario-data-tag"></vdl-action-attachment-edit>
    </vdl-action-group>

### Attributes

editor | Specify the editor to open the attachment in. Can be one of CTAttachmentEditor, TextAttachmentEditor, DecisionTableAttachmentEditor. Defaults to TextAttachmentEditor. | since 4.8 |  |
filename | The filename used to locate the attachment to edit. You need to either specify "tag" or "filename" to locate the attachment. | since 4.8 | accepts expression |
scenario | The scenario used to locate the attachment when scope="scenario", defaults to the first scenario. You can specify either a scenario id or the current position of the scenario on the shelf. | since 4.8 | accepts expression |
scope | The scope of the attachment to edit. Either "app" or "scenario". Defaults to "scenario". | since 4.8 |  |
tag | The tag used to locate the attachment to edit. You need to either specify "tag" or "filename" to locate the attachment. | since 4.8 |  |

Parent Topic VDL 5 Reference

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