The Attributes view presents all the attributes of the current element determined by the schema of the document.
You can use the Attributes view to insert attributes, edit their values, or add values to existing attributes.
The attributes are rendered differently depending on their state:
- The names of the attributes with a specified value are rendered with a bold font, and
their value with a plain font.Note: The names of the attributes with an empty string value are also rendered bold.
- Default values are rendered with a plain font, painted gray.
- Empty values display the text "[empty]", painted gray.
- Invalid attributes and values are painted red.
You can sort the attributes table by clicking the
Attribute column header. The table contents can be sorted as follows:
- By attribute name in ascending order.
- By attribute name in descending order.
- Custom order, where the used attributes are displayed at the beginning of the table sorted in ascending order, followed by the rest of the allowed elements sorted in ascending order.
Figure: The Attributes View
Expand/Collapse Button
There is an
Expand/
Collapse button at the top-right of the view. When expanded, this presents the
following additional combo boxes:- Name Combo Box
- Use this combo box to select an attribute. The drop-down list displays the list of
possible attributes allowed by the schema of the document, as in the
Attributes view. You can use the
Remove button to delete an attribute and
its value from the selected element. - Value Combo Box
- Use this combo box to add, edit, or select the value of an attribute. If the selected
attribute has predefined values in the schema, the drop-down list displays those
possible values. You can use the
Browse button to select a URL for the value of an attribute. After you
have entered or selected a value, use the 
Update button (or press
Enter) to add the value to the
attribute.
Contextual Menu Actions in the Attributes View
The following actions are available in the contextual menu of the Attributes view when editing in Text mode:- Add
- Allows you to insert a new attribute. Adding an attribute that is not in the list of all defined attributes is not possible when the Allow only insertion of valid elements and attributes schema aware option is enabled.
- Set empty value
- Specifies the current attribute value as empty.
- Remove
- Removes the attribute (action available only if the attribute is specified). You can invoke this action by pressing the (Delete) or (Backspace) keys.
- Copy
- Copies the attrName="attrValue" pair to the clipboard. The
attrValue can be:
- The value of the attribute.
- The value of the default attribute, if the attribute does not appear in the edited document.
- Empty, if the attribute does not appear in the edited document and has no default value set.
- Paste
- Depending on the content of the clipboard, the following cases are possible:
- If the clipboard contains an attribute and its value, both of them are introduced in the Attributes view. The attribute is selected and its value is changed if they exist in the Attributes view.
- If the clipboard contains an attribute name with an empty value, the attribute is introduced in the Attributes view and you can start editing it. The attribute is selected and you can start editing it if it exists in the Attributes view.
- If the clipboard only contains text, the value of the selected attribute is modified.