Ant Outline View

The Ant Outline view displays the list of all the components (properties, targets, extension points, task/type definitions and references) from both the edited Ant build file and its imported and included modules. For Ant resources, the Outline view collects its components starting from the master files. The master files can be defined in the project or in the associated validation scenario. For further details about the Master Files support go to Defining Master Files at Project Level. To enable the Outline view, go to Window > Show View > Outline.

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

Filter returns exact matches: The text filter of the Outline view returns only exact matches;
Selection update on caret move: Controls the synchronization between Outline view and source document. The selection in the Outline view can be synchronized with the caret moves or the changes in the Ant editor. Selecting one of the components from the outline view also selects the corresponding item in the source document.
Show XML structure: Displays the XML document structure in a tree-like structure.
Show all components: Displays all components that were collected starting from the main file. This option is set by default.
Show only local components: Displays the components defined in the current file only.
Group by location/type: The build file components can be grouped by location and type.
Show components: Shows the define patterns collected from the current document.
Flat presentation mode of the filtered results: When active, the application flattens the filtered result elements to a single level.
Show comments and processing instructions: Show/hide comments and processing instructions in the Outline view.
Show element name: Show/hide element name.
Show text: Show/hide additional text content for the displayed elements.
Show attributes: Show/hide attribute values for the displayed elements. The displayed attribute values can be changed from the Outline preferences panel.
Configure displayed attributes: Displays the XML Structured Outline preferences page.

The following contextual menu actions are available:

Append Child: Displays a list of elements that can be inserted as children of the current element.
Insert Before: Displays a list of elements that can be inserted as siblings of the current element, before the current element.
Insert After: Displays a list of elements that can be inserted as siblings of the current element, after the current element.
Edit Attributes: Displays an inline attribute editing window.
Toggle Comment: Comments/uncomments the currently selected element.
Search References Ctrl Shift R (Command Shift R on OS X): Searches all references of the item found at current cursor position in the defined scope. See Find References and Declarations of Ant Components for more details.
Search References in...: Searches all references of the item found at current cursor position in the specified scope. See Find References and Declarations of Ant Components for more details.
Component Dependencies: Allows you to see the dependencies for the current selected component. See Ant Component Dependencies View for more details.
Rename Component in...: Renames the selected component. See Ant Refactoring Actions for more details.

You can search a component 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 de component name in the text field, you can switch to the tree structure using:

down arrow key
Tab key
Shift-Tab key combination

To switch from tree structure to the filter text field, you can use Tab and Shift-Tab.

Tip: The search filter is case insensitive. The following wildcards are accepted:

* - any string
? - any character
, - patterns separator

If no wildcards are specified, the string to search is used as a partial match (like *textToFind*).

On the Ant Outline view, there are available the following common contextual actions: Edit Attributes, Cut, Copy, Delete.

The Outline content and the editing area are synchronized. When you select a component in the Outline view, its definition is highlighted in the editing area.

Oxygen XML Editor has a predefined order of the groups in the Outline view:

For location, the names of the files are sorted alphabetically. The main file is the one you are editing and it is located at the top of the list.
For type, the order is: properties, targets, references.
Note: When no grouping is available Oxygen XML Editor sorts the components depending on their order in the document. Oxygen XML Editor also takes into account the name of the file that the components are part of.