Refactoring Actions

When editing an XML document, the following refactoring actions are available in the Document > Markup menu and the Markup toolbar:

• Surround with Tags (Ctrl E (Command E on OS X) ) - Allows you to choose a tag that encloses a selected portion of content. If there is no selection, the start and end tags are inserted at the caret position.
  • If the Cursor position between tags option is set, the caret is placed between the start and end tag.
  • If the Cursor position between tags option is not set, the caret is placed at the end of the start tag, in an insert-attribute position.
• Surround with <tag> ((Ctrl+/)) - Similar to the Surround with Tags action, except that it inserts the last tag used.
• Rename Element - The element from the caret position, and any elements with the same name, can be renamed according with the options from the Rename dialog box.
• Rename Prefix - The prefix of the element from the caret position, and any elements with the same prefix, can be renamed according with the options from the Rename dialog box.

  • If you select the Rename current element prefix option, the application will recursively traverse the current element and all its children.
    Note: For example, to change the xmlns:p1="ns1" association in the current element to xmlns:p5="ns1", if the xmlns:p1="ns1" association is applied on the parent element, then Oxygen XML Editor will introduce xmlns:p5="ns1" as a new declaration in the current element and will change the prefix from p1 to p5. If p5 is already associated with another namespace in the current element, then the conflict will be displayed in a dialog box. By pressing OK, the prefix is modified from p1 to p5 without inserting a new declaration.
  • If you select the Rename current prefix in all document option, the application will apply the change on the entire document.
  • To also apply the action inside attribute values, check the Rename also attribute values that start with the same prefix checkbox.
• Split element (Alt Shift D) - Split the element from the caret position into two identical elements. The caret must be inside the element.
• Join elements (Alt Shift J) - Joins the left and right elements relative to the current caret position. The elements must have the same name, attributes, and attributes values.
• Delete element tags (Alt Shift X) - Deletes the start and end tag of the current element.