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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Defining XML editor preferences</h1> |
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| <div><p>You can set various preferences for the Source view of the XML |
| editor such as the formatter indentation style, line wrapping rules, and content |
| assist rules. To apply the formatting styles, right-click in the Source view |
| for your XML document, and click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Format</span> |
| > <span class="uicontrol">Document</span></span>.</p> |
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| <div class="section"><p>To define XML preferences, complete the following steps:</p> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">Window</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Preferences</span> |
| </span> and select <span class="menucascade"><span class="uicontrol">XML</span> > <span class="uicontrol">XML |
| Files</span> > <span class="uicontrol">Editor</span></span>.</span></li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Enter a maximum width for formatted lines in the <span class="uicontrol">Line |
| width</span> field</span> The default value is 72.</li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Select <span class="uicontrol">Split multiple attributes each on a new line</span> to |
| start every attribute on a new line.</span></li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Select <span class="uicontrol">Preserve whitespace in tags with PCDATA content</span> to |
| prevent the editor from deleting whitespace in elements that contain parsed |
| character data.</span></li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>If you want blank lines to be removed when the document is formatted, |
| select the <span class="uicontrol">Clear all blank lines</span> check box. </span> |
| By default, blank lines are preserved in a formatted document. |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Select <span class="uicontrol">Indent using tabs</span> if you want to |
| use tab characters (\t) as the standard formatting indentation, or, if you |
| prefer to use spaces, select <span class="uicontrol">Indent using spaces</span>.</span> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>You can also specify the <span class="uicontrol">Indentation size</span> which |
| is the number of tabs or space characters used for formatting indentation.</span> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>You can specify certain characters (the default command |
| is <=) that will cause the content assist list to pop up automatically. |
| Ensure the <span class="uicontrol">Automatically make suggestions</span> check box |
| is selected and specify the characters in the <span class="uicontrol">Prompt when these |
| characters are inserted</span> field. </span></li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>If you select <strong>Strict</strong> from the <strong>Suggestion strategy</strong> list, |
| suggestions that are grammatically valid will be shown first (with bold icons) |
| in the content assist list. Other suggestions that are applicable to the element |
| scope, but not grammatically valid, will be shown below them with a de-emphasized |
| icon. The default value for this field is <strong>Strict</strong>.</span></li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>The <span class="uicontrol">Use inferred grammar in absence of DTD/Schema</span> check |
| box is selected by default. </span> If this box is selected, when you |
| have an XML file that is not associated with a DTD or XML schema, you will |
| still be able to get content assist - the tool will infer what should come |
| next in your file based on the existing content.</li> |
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| <li class="stepexpand"><span>Click <span class="uicontrol">Apply</span> and then <span class="uicontrol">OK</span> to |
| save your changes.</span></li> |
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