Visual Hints for the Caret Position

When the caret is positioned inside a new context, a tooltip will be shown for a couple of seconds displaying the position of the caret relative to the current element context.

Here are the common situations that can be encountered:

• The caret is positioned before the first block child of the current node.

  Figure: Before first block

  
• The caret is positioned between two block elements.

  Figure: Between two block elements

  
• The caret is positioned after the last block element child of the current node.

  Figure: After last block

  
• The caret is positioned inside a node.

  Figure: Inside a node

  
• The caret is positioned inside an element, before an inline child element.

  Figure: Before an inline element

  
• The caret is positioned between two inline elements.

  Figure: Between two inline elements

  
• The caret is positioned inside an element, after an inline child element.

  Figure: After an inline element

  

The nodes in the previous cases are displayed in the tooltip window using their names.

To deactivate this feature, open the Preferences dialog box and go to Editor / Author > Show caret position tooltip. Even if this option is disabled, you can trigger the display of the position tooltip by pressing Shift+F2.

Location Tooltip

When editing XML documents in a visual environment you might find it difficult to position the caret between certain tags that do not have a visual representation. To counterbalance this, Oxygen XML Editor displays a transparent preview of the Position Information Tooltip, called Location Tooltip:

Figure: Location Tooltip

Oxygen XML Editor displays a location tooltip when the following conditions are met:

• you are editing the document in one of the following tags display modes: Inline Tags, Partial Tags, No Tags
• the mouse pointer is moved between block elements

To activate or deactivate this feature, use the Show location tooltip on mouse move option from the Caret Navigation preferences page.