Oxygen XML Editor offers full support for managing ID/IDREFS through the search and refactor actions available in the contextual menu. In Text mode, these actions are available in the Quick Assist menu as well.
The search and refactor actions from the contextual menu are grouped in the Manage
IDs section:
- Rename in
- Renames the ID and all its occurrences. Selecting this action opens the Rename XML ID dialog. This dialog lets you insert the new ID value and choose the scope of the rename operation. For a preview of the changes you are about to make, click Preview. This opens the Preview dialog, which presents a list with the files that contain changes and a preview zone of these changes.
- Rename in File
- Renames the ID you are editing and all its occurrences from the current file. Note: Available in the Text mode only.
- Search References in
- Searches for the references of the ID. Selecting this action opens the Select the scope for the Search and Refactor operations.
- Search References
- Searches for the references of the ID. By default, the scope of this action is the current project. In case you configure a scope using the Select the scope for the Search and Refactor operations dialog, this scope will be used instead.
- Search Declarations in
- Searches for the declaration of the ID reference. Selecting this action opens the Select the scope for the Search and Refactor operations.
- Search Declarations
- Searches for the declaration of the ID reference. By default, the scope of this action is the current project. In case you configure a scope using the Select the scope for the Search and Refactor operations dialog, this scope will be used instead.
- Search Occurrences in file
- Searches for the declaration an references of the ID in the current document.
Note: A quick way to navigate to the declaration of an ID in Text mode is
to move the cursor over an ID reference and use the Ctrl Click (Command Click on OS
X) navigation.
Selecting an ID for which you execute search or refactor operations differs from the Text mode to the Author mode. In the Text mode you position the caret inside the declaration or reference of an ID. In the Author mode Oxygen XML Editor collects all the IDs by analyzing each element from the path to the root. In case more IDs are available, you are prompted to choose one of them.
Figure: Selecting an ID in the Author Mode
