A variety of actions are available in the XHTML framework that can be added to the XHTML menu, the Author Custom Actions toolbar, the contextual menu, and the Content Completion Assistant.
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:
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.
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.
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 theInsert Image toolbar action.