Attributes View

The Attributes view presents all the possible attributes of the current element allowed by the schema of the document. It allows you to insert attributes in the current element or change the value of the attributes already used in the element. Different renderings are used for marking the attribute states: Clicking a cell in the Value column starts editing the value of the attribute from the selected row. If the possible values of the attribute are specified as list in the schema associated with the edited document, the Value column works as a combo box where you can select one of the possible values to be inserted in the document.
The attributes table is sortable by clicking the Attribute column header. Thus the table contents can be sorted:

The Attributes View

A combo box located in the upper part of the view allows you to edit the attributes of the ancestors of the current element.

The following actions may be available in the contextual menu:

The attributes of an element can be edited in place in the editor panel by pressing the shortcut (Alt + Enter) which pops up a small window with the same content of the Attributes view. In the initial form of the popup, only the two text fields Name and Value are displayed, with the list of all the possible attributes being collapsed.

Edit attributes in place

The small right arrow button expands the list of possible attributes allowed by the schema of the document as in the Attributes view.

Edit attributes in place - full version

The Name field auto-completes the name of the attribute: the complete name of the attribute is suggested based on the prefix already typed in the field as the user types in the field.