XHTML Author Mode Actions

XHTML Toolbar Actions

The following default actions are readily available on the XHTML (Author Custom Actions) toolbar when editing in Author mode (by default, they are also available in the XHTML menu and some of them are in various submenus of the contextual menu):

Bold

Changes the style of the selected text to bold by surrounding it with b tag. You can use this action on multiple non-contiguous selections.

Italic

Changes the style of the selected text to italic by surrounding it with i tag. You can use this action on multiple non-contiguous selections.

Underline

Changes the style of the selected text to underline by surrounding it with u tag. You can use this action on multiple non-contiguous selections.

Link

Inserts an a element with an href attribute at the cursor position. You can type the URL of the reference you want to insert or use the Browse drop-down menu to select it using one of the following options:

• Browse for local file - Displays the Open dialog box to select a local file.
• Browse for remote file - Displays the Open URL dialog box to select a remote file.
• Browse for archived file - Opens the Archive Browser to select a file from an archive.
• Browse Data Source Explorer - Open the Data Source Explorer to select a file from a connected data source.
• Search for file - Opens the Find Resource dialog box to search for a file.

Insert Image

Inserts a graphic object at the cursor position. This is done by inserting an img element regardless of the current context. The following graphical formats are supported: GIF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG, SVG.

Headings Drop-down Menu

A drop-down menu that includes actions for inserting h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 elements.

Insert Paragraph

Insert a new paragraph element at current cursor position.

Insert Equation

Opens the XML Fragment Editor that allows you to insert and edit MathML notations.

Insert List Item

Inserts a list item in the current list type.

Insert Unordered List

Inserts an unordered list at the cursor position. A child list item is also automatically inserted by default.

Insert Ordered List

Inserts an ordered list at the cursor position. A child list item is also automatically inserted by default.

Insert a definition list at the cursor position

Inserts a definition list (dl element) with one list item (a dt child element and a dd child element).

Sort

Sorts cells or list items in a table.

Insert Table

Opens a dialog box that allows you to configure and insert a table. You can generate a header and footer, set the number of rows and columns of the table and decide how the table is framed.

Insert Row Below

Inserts a new table row with empty cells below the current row. This action is available when the cursor is positioned inside a table.

Insert Row Above

Inserts a new table row with empty cells above the current row. This action is available when the cursor is positioned inside a table.

Insert Column After

Inserts a new table column with empty cells after the current column. This action is available when the cursor is positioned inside a table.

Insert Cell

Inserts a new empty cell depending on the current context. If the cursor is positioned between two cells, Oxygen XML Editor a new cell at cursor position. If the cursor is inside a cell, the new cell is created after the current cell.

Delete Column

Deletes the table column located at cursor position.

Delete Row

Deletes the table row located at cursor position.

Table Join/Split Drop-Down Menu

The following join and split actions are available from this menu:

Join Row Cells

Joins the content of the selected cells. The operation is available if the selected cells are from the same row and they have the same row span. The action is also available when the selection is missing, but the cursor is positioned between two cells.

Join Cell Above

Joins the content of the cell from the current cursor position with the content of the cell above it. This action works only if both cells have the same column span.

Join Cell Below

Joins the content of the cell from the current cursor position with the content of the cell below it. This action works only if both cells have the same column span.

Note: When you use Join Cell Above and Join Cell Below, Oxygen XML Editor deletes the source row is case it remains empty. The cells that span over multiple rows are also updated.

Split Cell To The Left

Splits the cell from the current cursor position in two cells, inserting a new empty table cell to the left. This action works only if the current cell spans over more than one column.Oxygen XML Editor decreases the column span of the source cell with one.

Split Cell To The Right

Splits the cell from the current cursor position in two cells, inserting a new empty table cell to the right. This action works only if the current cell spans over more than one column.Oxygen XML Editor decreases the column span of the source cell with one.

Split Cell Above

Splits the cell from current cursor position in two cells, inserting a new empty table cell above. This action works only if the current cell spans over more than one row. Oxygen XML Editor decreases the column span of the source cell with one.

Split Cell Below

Splits the cell from current cursor position in two, inserting a new empty table cell below. This action works only if the current cell spans over more than one row. Oxygen XML Editor decreases the column span of the source cell with one.

XHTML Menu Actions

In addition, the following default actions are available in the XHTML menu when editing in Author mode (some of them are also available in the contextual menu):

Table submenu

In addition to the table actions available on the toolbar, the following actions are available in this submenu:

Insert Rows

Opens a dialog box that allows you to insert any number of rows and specify the position where they will be inserted (Above or Below the current row).

Insert Column Before

Inserts a column before the current one.

Insert Columns

Opens a dialog box that allows you to insert any number of columns and specify the position where they will be inserted (Above or Below the current column).

Refresh References

You can use this action to manually trigger a refresh and update of all referenced resources.

Tags display mode Submenu

Full Tags with Attributes - Displays full tag names with attributes for both block level and in-line level elements.

Full Tags - Displays full tag names without attributes for both block level and in-line level elements.

Block Tags - Displays full tag names for block level elements and simple tags without names for in-line level elements.

Inline Tags - Displays full tag names for inline level elements, while block level elements are not displayed.

Partial Tags - Displays simple tags without names for in-line level elements, while block level elements are not displayed.

No Tags - No tags are displayed. This is the most compact mode and is as close as possible to a word-processor view.

Profiling/Conditional Text Submenu

Edit Profiling Attributes - Allows you to configure the profiling attributes and their values.

Show Profiling Colors and Styles - Select this option to turn on conditional styling.

Show Profiling Attributes - Select this option to turn on conditional text markers. They are displayed at the end of conditional text blocks, as a list of attribute name and their currently set values.

Show Excluded Content - When this option is enabled, the content filtered by the currently applied condition set is greyed-out. To show only the content that matches the currently applied condition set, disable this option.

List of all profiling condition sets that match the current document type - You can click a listed condition set to activate it.

Profiling Settings - Opens the profiling options preferences page, where you can manage profiling attributes and profiling conditions sets. You can also configure the profiling styles and colors options from the colors/styles preferences page and the attributes rendering preferences page.

XHTML Drag/Drop Actions

Dragging a file from the Project view or DITA Maps Manager view and dropping it into an XHTML document that is edited in Author mode creates a link to the dragged file (the a element with the href attribute) at the drop location. Dragging an image file from the default file system application (Windows Explorer on Windows or Finder on Mac OS X, for example) and dropping it into an XHTML document inserts an image element (the img element with the src attribute) at the drop location, similar to the Insert Image toolbar action.