XQuery Outline View

The XQuery document structure is presented in the XQuery Outline view. The outline tree presents the list of all the components (namespaces, imports, variables, and functions) from both the edited XQuery file and its imports. It allows quick access to components and can be opened from Window > Show View > Outline.

Figure: XQuery Outline View

The following actions are available in the Settings menu on the Outline view toolbar:

Selection update on cursor move

Controls the synchronization between Outline view and source document. The selection in the Outline view can be synchronized with the cursor moves or the changes performed in the XQuery editor. Selecting one of the components from the Outline view also selects the corresponding item in the source document.

Sort

Allows you to alphabetically sort the XQuery components.

Show all components

Displays all collected components starting from the current file. This option is set by default.

Show only local components

Displays the components defined in the current file only.

Group by location/namespace/type

Allows you to group the components by location, namespace, and type. When grouping by namespace, the main XQuery module namespace is presented first in the Outline view.

If you know the component name, you can search it in the Outline view by typing its name in the filter text field from the top of the view or directly on the tree structure. When you type the component name in the filter text field you can switch to the tree structure using the arrow keys of the keyboard, (Enter), (Tab), (Shift-Tab). To switch from tree structure to the filter text field, you can use (Tab), (Shift-Tab).

The upper part of the Outline view contains a filter box that allows you to focus on the relevant components. Type a text fragment in the filter box and only the components that match it are presented. For advanced usage you can use wildcard characters (*, ?) and separate multiple patterns with commas.