<oXygen/> XML Editor User Guide |
<oXygen/> offers a group of actions for working on single XML elements. They are available from the menu and the context menu of the main editor panel.
+ -> : Selects the entire current element;
+ -> : Selects the current element, excluding the start tag and end tag;
+ -> : Selects all the attributes of the current element;
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The Select actions are enabled when the caret is positioned inside a tag name. |
+ + -> : Disable / Enable editing of XML tags
Tab): Shifts the selected block to the right;
+ + -> (Shift+Tab): Shifts the selected block to the left;
+ + -> (+ + -> : Escapes a range of characters by replacing them with the corresponding character entities.
+ + -> : Replaces the character entities with the corresponding characters;
+ + -> :Corrects the indentation of the selected block of lines.
+ + -> : Pretty prints the element that surrounds the caret position;
+ + -> : Removes <!-- --> comment brackets from currently selected comment.
+ + -> : Places <!-- --> comment brackets around current selection or cursor position.
+ + -> : Shows a dialog that allows you to select a list of files as sources for external entities. The DOCTYPE section of your document will be updated with the chosen entities. For instance, if choosing the file chapter1.xml, and chapter2.xml, the following section is inserted in the DOCTYPE:
<!ENTITY chapter1 SYSTEM "chapter1.xml">
<!ENTITY chapter2 SYSTEM "chapter2.xml">
: Selects the entire element or processing instruction that was triple clicked on.
Ctrl+Alt+.): Copy XPath expression of current element from current editor to clipboard.
+ -> (Ctrl+Shift+G): Moves the cursor to the end tag that matches the start tag, or vice versa.
+ + -> (Ctrl+E): Selected Text in the editor is marked with the specified start and end tags.
+ + -> (Ctrl+/): Selected Text in the editor is marked with start and end tags of the last 'Surround in' action.
+ + -> (Alt+Shift+R): The element from the caret position and the elements that have the same name as the current element can be renamed according with the options from the Rename dialog.
+ + -> (Alt+Shift+P): The prefix of the element from the caret position and the elements that have the same prefix as the current element can be renamed according with the options from the Rename dialog.
+ + -> (Selecting the "Rename current element prefix" option the application will recursively traverse the current element and all its children.
For example, to change the xmlns:p1="ns1" association existing in the current element to xmlns:p5="ns1" just select this option and press OK. If the association xmlns:p1="ns1" is applied on the parent of the current element, then <oXygen/> will introduce a new declaration xmlns:p5="ns1" in the current element and will change the prefix from p1 to p5. If p5 is already associated in the current element with another namespace, let's say ns5, then a dialog showing the conflict will be displayed. Pressing the OK button, the prefix will be modified from p1 to p5 without inserting a new declaration xmlns:p5="ns1". On Cancel no modification is made.
Selecting the "Rename current prefix in all document" option the application will apply the change on the entire document.
Ctrl+Alt+D): Split the element from the caret position in two identical elements. The caret must be inside the element
+ + -> (Ctrl+Alt+J): Joins the left and the right elements relative to the current caret position. The elements must have the same name, attributes and attributes values.
+ + -> (Ctrl+Alt+X): Deletes the start tag and end tag of the current element.
+ + -> (