DITA Map Author Mode Actions
A variety of actions are available in the DITA Map framework that can be added to the DITA menu, the Author Custom Actions toolbar, the contextual menu, and the Content Completion Assistant.
DITA Map Toolbar and Menu Actions
When a DITA map is opened in Author mode, the following default actions are available on the DITA Map Author Custom Actions toolbar (by default, they are also available in the DITA menu and in various submenus of the contextual menu):
Insert New
Topic- Opens a New DITA topic dialog box that allows you to create a new topic and inserts a reference to it at the cursor position.
Insert Topic
Reference- Opens the Insert Reference dialog box that allows you to insert and configure a reference to a topic at the cursor position.
Reuse
Content- Opens the Reuse Content dialog box that allows you to insert
and configure a content reference (
conref), or a content key reference (conkeyref) at the cursor position.
Insert Topic
Heading- Opens the Insert Reference dialog box that allows you to insert a topic heading at the cursor position.
Insert Topic
Group- Opens the Insert Reference dialog box that allows you to insert a topic group at the cursor position.
Insert
Relationship Table- Opens a dialog box that allows you to configure the relationship table to be inserted. The dialog box allows you to configure the number of rows and columns of the relationship table, if the header will be generated and if the title will be added.
Relationship Table Properties- Allows you to change the properties of rows in relationship tables.
Insert
Relationship Row- Inserts a new table row with empty cells. The action is available when the cursor position is inside a table.
Insert
Relationship Column- Inserts a new table column with empty cells after the current column. The action is available when the cursor position is inside a table.
Delete
Relationship Column- Deletes the table column where the cursor is located.
Delete
Relationship Row- Deletes the table row where the cursor is located.
DITA Map Drag/Drop Actions
Dragging a file from the Project view or DITA Maps Manager view and dropping it into a DITA map document that is edited in Author mode creates a link to the dragged file (atopicref element, chapter, part,
etc.) at the drop location.
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