Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin includes several perspectives and editing modes to help you
accomplish a wide range of tasks. Each perspective and editing mode also includes
a large variety of helper views, menu actions, toolbars, and contextual menu functions.
Regardless of the
perspective or editing mode that
you are working with, the default layout consists of the following areas:
- Menus
- Menu-driven access to all the features and functions available in Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin. Most of the menus are common for all types of documents, but Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin
also includes some context-sensitive and framework-specific menus and
actions that are only available for a specific context or type of document.
- Toolbars
- Easy access to common and frequently used functions. Each icon is a button that acts
as a shortcut to a related function. Some of the toolbars are common for all
perspectives, editing modes, and types of documents, while others are
specific to the particular perspective or mode. Some toolbars are also
framework-specific, depending on the type of document that is being
edited.
- Helper Views
- Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin includes a large variety of dockable views to assist you with editing, viewing, searching,
validating, transforming, and organizing your documents. Many of the views also contain
useful contextual menu actions, toolbar buttons, or menus. The most commonly used views
for each perspective and editing mode are displayed by default and you can
choose to display others to suit your specific needs.
- Editor Pane
- The main editing area in the center of the application. Each editing mode provides a
main editor pane where you spend most of your time reading, editing, applying markup,
and validating your documents. The editor pane in each editing mode also includes
various contextual menu actions and other features to help streamline your editing
tasks. Each file that has been opened has a tab at the top of the editing pane.
- Perspectives
- Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin includes several different
perspectives that you can use to work with your documents. The
Oxygen XML
perspective is the most commonly used perspective used for
displaying and editing the content of your XML documents, and it is the default
perspective when you start Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin for the first time. Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin also includes a Database
perspective that allows you to manage databases.