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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Editing in the Design view</h1> |
| <div><p>The XML editor has a Design view, which represents the XML file |
| simultaneously as a table and a tree. This helps make navigation and editing |
| easier. Content and attribute values can be edited directly in the table cells, |
| while pop-up menus on the tree elements give alternatives that are valid for |
| that particular element.</p><div class="skipspace"><p> For example, the <span class="uicontrol">Add child</span> menu item will |
| list only those elements from a DTD or XML schema which would be valid children |
| at that point.</p> |
| <p>When you have an XML file associated with an XML schema |
| or DTD file, certain tags and rules for that file have already been established, |
| which is why the Design view can provide prompts (via a pop-up menu) for those |
| tags. When you create an XML file that is not associated with an XML schema |
| or DTD file, it has no tags or rules associated with it, so the Design view |
| cannot provide prompts for specific tags, but it can provide prompts to create |
| new elements and attributes.</p> |
| <p>For any XML file associated with an XML |
| schema or DTD file, you can use the Design view to add any items defined in |
| the XML schema or DTD (such as elements and attributes) to the XML file. You |
| can also use it to add processing instructions and comments to all XML files. </p> |
| <p>For |
| more information on the icons used in the Design view, refer to the related |
| reference.</p> |
| <p>The following instructions were written for the Resource |
| perspective, but they will also work in many other perspectives.</p> |
| <p>To |
| edit an XML file in the Design view, follow these steps:</p> |
| </div> |
| <ol><li class="skipspace"><span>Open the XML file that you want to work with in the XML editor |
| (right-click the file in the Navigator view and click <span class="uicontrol">Open With |
| > XML Editor</span>). If necessary, click the <span class="uicontrol">Design</span> tab.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>To expand all the items in your XML file, click the <span class="uicontrol">Expand |
| All</span> toolbar button <img src="../images/expand_all.gif" />.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>To collapse them, click the <span class="uicontrol">Collapse All</span> toolbar |
| button <img src="../images/collapse_all.gif" />.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Right-click the item that you want to work with.</span> Some |
| or all of the following options (as applicable) will be available from the |
| pop-up menu that appears. For more information on these options, refer to |
| the related tasks:<ul><li> <span class="uicontrol">Add DTD Information</span> - Click this if you want to |
| associate the XML file with a DTD</li> |
| <li> <span class="uicontrol">Edit DOCTYPE</span> - Click this if you want to edit |
| the DOCTYPE declaration.</li> |
| <li> <span class="uicontrol">Edit Namespaces</span> - Click this if you want to edit |
| the existing namespace information or create a new association with a namespace.</li> |
| <li> <span class="uicontrol">Edit Processing Instruction</span> - Click this if you |
| want to edit the processing instruction.</li> |
| <li> <span class="uicontrol">Remove</span> - Click this if you want to remove the |
| item that you have selected from the XML file. This option will not be available |
| if the item you want to remove must exist (for example, in your DTD, you have |
| declared that "One or more" of the item must always exist in your XML file, |
| and the item you have selected is the only one that exists in your XML file).</li> |
| <li> <span class="uicontrol">Add Attribute</span> - Click this if you want to add |
| an attribute to the element that you selected. Any attributes you are allowed |
| to add to the element will be listed. After you have added the attribute to |
| the XML file, you can click in the right-hand column to change the value of |
| the attribute. If the attribute has set values, they will appear in a list. </li> |
| <li> <span class="uicontrol">Add Child</span> - Click this to add another element, |
| a comment, or a processing instruction as a child of the parent element.</li> |
| <li> <span class="uicontrol">Add Before</span> - Click this to add a child element, |
| comment, or processing instruction that can go before the item you have selected. |
| For example, if you have a parent element called "CD Collections" that can |
| contain an unlimited amount of children called "CD", you could click a CD |
| element and click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Add Before</span> > <span class="uicontrol"> CD</span></span> , as a CD element can go before another CD element.</li> |
| <li> <span class="uicontrol">Add After</span> - Click this to add a child element, |
| comment, or processing instruction that can go after the item you have selected. |
| For example, if you have a parent element called "CD Collections" that can |
| contain an unlimited amount of children called "CD", you could click a CD |
| element and click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Add After</span> > <span class="uicontrol"> CD</span></span>, as a CD element can go after another CD element.</li> |
| <li> <span class="uicontrol">Replace With</span> - Click this if you want to replace |
| one item with another. This option is not available if you turn grammar constraints |
| off or if there are no valid alternatives for you to replace the item with.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Click the appropriate option.</span></li> |
| </ol> |
| <div class="skipspace"><p>Any changes you make in the Design view are also reflected in the |
| Source view and the Outline view.</p> |
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| <div> |
| <blockquote> |
| <div class="ulchildlink"><b><a href="../topics/tedtdoc.html">Editing your DOCTYPE declaration</a></b><br /> |
| The DOCTYPE declaration in an XML file is used at the beginning of it to associate it with a DTD file. You can edit your DOCTYPE declaration to change the DTD file your XML file is associated with.</div> |
| <div class="ulchildlink"><b><a href="../topics/tedtsch.html">Editing your namespace information</a></b><br /> |
| Your namespace information is used to provide various information about the XML file, such as the XML schema it is associated with. </div> |
| <div class="ulchildlink"><b><a href="../topics/tedtproc.html">Editing your XML processing instructions</a></b><br /> |
| A processing instruction is a syntax in XML for passing instructions along to the application using an XML document.</div> |
| </blockquote> |
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| <p><b class="relconceptshd">Related concepts</b><br /> |
| <a href="../topics/cwxmledt.html" title="The XML editor is a tool for creating and viewing XML files">XML editor</a><br /> |
| <a href="../topics/cxmlcat.html" title="There are two different ways to associate XML files with DTDs or XML schemas.">XML file associations with DTDs and XML schemas</a><br /> |
| </p> |
| <p><b class="reltaskshd">Related tasks</b><br /> |
| <a href="../topics/txedtsrc.html" title="You can use the Source view to view and work with a file's source code directly.">Editing in the Source view</a><br /> |
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