The Edit properties action, available both on the toolbar and on the contextual menu, is used to edit the properties of the selected node. Depending on the selected node, the action will perform the following tasks:
If a topicref element is selected, the action will show a dialog similar with the Insert Topic Reference dialog allowing the editing of some important attributes.
If a topichead element is selected, the action will show a dialog similar with the Insert Topic Heading dialog allowing the editing of some important attributes.
If a topicgroup element is selected, the action will show a dialog similar with the Insert Topic Group dialog allowing the editing of some important attributes.
If the map's root element is selected then the user will be able to easily edit the map's title using the Edit Map title dialog:
By using this dialog you can also specify whether the title will be specified as the title attribute to the map or as a title element (for DITA-OT 1.1 and 1.2) or specified in both locations.