The Outline view presents all the global components grouped by their location, namespace, or type. If hidden, you can open it from .
Figure: The Outline View for XML Schema
The Outline view provides the following options:
Selection
update on caret move- Allows a synchronization between Outline view and schema diagram. The selected view from the diagram is also selected in the Outline view.
Sort- Allows you to sort alphabetically the schema components.
- Show all components
- Displays all components that were collected starting from the main files. Components that are not referable from the current file are marked with an orange underline. To reference them, add an import directive with the componentNS namespace.
- Show referable components
- Displays all components (collected starting from the main files) that can be referenced from the current file. This option is set by default.
- Show only local components
- Displays the components defined in the current file only.
- Group by location/namespace/type
- These three operations allow you to group the components by location, namespace, or type. When grouping by namespace, the main schema target namespace is the first presented in the Outline view.
The following contextual menu actions are available:
- Remove (Delete)
- Removes the selected item from the diagram.
Search
References (Ctrl (Meta on Mac
OS)+Shift+R)- Searches all references of the item found at current cursor position in the defined scope, if any.
- Search References in...
- Searches all references of the item found at current cursor position in the specified scope.
Component Dependencies (Ctrl (Meta on Mac
OS)+Shift+F4)- Allows you to see the dependencies for the current selected component.
- Resource Hierarchy (F4)
- Allows you to see the hierarchy for the current selected resource.
- Resource Dependencies (Shift + F4)
- Allows you to see the dependencies for the current selected resource.
Rename
Component in...- Renames the selected component.
Generate Sample XML
Files...- Generate XML files using the current opened schema. The selected component is the XML document root.
The upper part of the view contains a filter box which allows you to focus on the relevant components. Type a text fragment in the filter box and only the components that match it are presented. For advanced usage you can use wildcard characters (*, ?) and separate multiple patterns with commas.
- * - any string
- ? - any character
- , - patterns separator
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.