Navigating the Document Content in Text Mode

Using the Keyboard

Oxygen XML Editor allows you to quickly navigate through a document using the Ctrl Close Bracket (Meta Close Bracket on OS X) key to go to the next XML node and Ctrl Open Bracket (Meta Open Bracket on OS X) to go to the previous one.

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. To position the cursor at the beginning or 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 Navigation Toolbar

The locations of selected text are stored in an internal list that allows you to navigate between them with the

Back (Ctrl Alt Open Bracket (Meta Alt Open Bracket on OS X)) and

Forward (Ctrl Alt Close Bracket (Meta Alt Close Bracket on OS X)) buttons from the Navigation toolbar. The

Last Modification (Ctrl G (Meta G on OS X)) button automatically takes you to the latest edited text.

Using the Breadcrumb Helpers

A breadcrumb on the top stripe indicates the path from the document root element to the current element. It can also be used as a helpful tool to navigate to specific elements throughout the structure of the document.

Figure: The Breadcrumb in Text Mode

The last element listed in the breadcrumb is the element at the current cursor position. The current element is also highlighted by a thin light blue bar for easy identification. Clicking an element from the breadcrumb selects the entire element in the editor area. Also, each element provides a contextual menu with access to the following actions:

Append Child: Allows you to select an element (from a drop-down list) that is allowed by the associated schema and inserts it as a child of the current element.
Insert Before: Allows you to select an element (from a drop-down list) that is allowed by the associated schema and inserts it immediately before the current element, as a sibling.
Insert After: Allows you to select an element (from a drop-down list) that is allowed by the associated schema and inserts it immediately after the current element, as a sibling.
Edit Attributes: Opens an editing window that allows you to edit the attributes of the currently selected element.
Toggle Comment: Encloses the currently selected element in an XML comment, if the element is not already commented. If it is already commented, this action will remove the comment.
Cut: Removes the selected element and copies it to the clipboard.
Copy: Copies the selected element to the clipboard.
Delete: Deletes the currently selected element.