Using the Keyboard
Oxygen XML Editor plugin allows you to quickly navigate through a document using the key to move the cursor to the next XML node and to go to the previous one. If you encounter a space preserved element when you navigate through a document and you do not press another key, pressing the key will continue the navigation. However, if the cursor is positioned in a space preserved element and you press another key or you position the cursor inside such an element using the mouse, the key can be used to arrange the text.
To navigate one word forward or backwards, use Ctrl Right Arrow (Command Right Arrow on OS X), and Ctrl Left Arrow (Command Left Arrow on OS X), respectively. Entities and hidden elements are skipped. To position the cursor at the beginning or at the end of the document you can use Ctrl Home (Command Home on OS X), and Ctrl End (Command End on OS X), respectively.
Using the Folding Support
When working with a large document, the folding support can be used to collapse some element content leaving only those that you need to edit in focus. Foldable elements are marked with a small triangle painted in the upper left corner (
). If you hover over that arrow, the
entire content of the element is highlighted by a dotted border for quick identification of
the foldable area. The following actions are available in the Folding
sub-menu of the contextual menu:
Toggle
Fold (or you can simply click on the /
arrow)- Toggles the state of the current fold.
Collapse
Other Folds ()- Folds all the elements except the current element.
Collapse Child Folds
(Ctrl + NumPad- (Meta + NumPad-
on OS X))- Folds the child elements that are indented one level inside the current element.
Expand
Child Folds
(Ctrl NumPad+ (Meta NumPad+ on OS
X))- Unfolds all child elements of the currently selected element.
Expand
All ()- Unfolds all elements in the current document.
Using the Linking Support
When working on multiple documents that reference each other (references, external
entities, XInclude, DITA conref, etc), the linking support is useful for navigating
between the documents. In the predefined customizations that are bundled with Oxygen XML Editor plugin, links are marked with an icon representing a chain link (
). When hovering over the icon, the mouse
pointer changes its shape to indicate that the link can be accessed and a tooltip presents
the destination location. Click the link to open the referenced resource in the editor or
system browser. The same effect can be obtained by pressing the
F3 key when the cursor is in a
link element.
). When hovering over the icon, the mouse
pointer changes its shape to indicate that the link can be accessed and a tooltip presents
the destination location. Click the link to open the referenced resource in the editor or
system browser. The same effect can be obtained by pressing the
F3 key when the cursor is in a
link element.Note: Depending on the referenced file type, the target link will either
be opened in the Oxygen XML Editor plugin or in the default system application. If the
target file does not exist, Oxygen XML Editor plugin prompts you to create it.
