Navigate your XML Document
XMLBlueprint has many features which gives you quick access to the various parts of the XML Document your are editing.
Outline view
The real-time Outline view (View > Outline) gives you quick access to the various parts of the XML Document you are editing.
The Outline view displays the document structure of the active document. Whenever the document changes, the Outline view is updated (in a background thread), without disturbing the actual editing of the document. Click on a node to select the corresponding text in the XML Editor.
The left margin
The left margin of the XML editor shows information to help you navigate within your document. From the right to the left, the margin consists of:
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| • | Folding icons to fold or unfold a node |
| • | Line numbers |
You can customize the left marging by choosing which items to show. Go to Options > Editor.
Folding icons
To simplify working with large XML Documents, XMLBlueprint provides XML Folding.
In the margin you'll find (+) and (-) boxes. To fold (collapse) an XML node, click on the (-) icon, to unfold (expand) it, click on the (+) sign. You can also use these shortcuts:
Ctrl+- (fold)
Ctrl+= (unfold)
Ctrl+Shift+- (fold all)
Ctrl+Shift+= (unfold all)
XML nodes which are folded are represented as '...':
XML Navigation Bar
The XML Navigation Bar shows the XML hierarchy of the current node. You can use the XML Navigation Bar to quickly navigate to an ancestor of the current node.
Click Options > General... to show or hide the XML Navigation Bar. The XML Navigation Bar is visible at the bottom of the active document and shows a series of elements. For example, if the following XML is loaded and the cursor is positioned in element 'xsl:value-of',
the XML Navigation Bar will display:
Click on 'xsl:template' to select that element in the XML Editor.
Following Hyperlinks
To see the hyperlinks in a document, press and hold the CTRL key, move the mousecursor.
To open a hyperlink (e.g., a hyperlink to a DTD, or XSD) in another editor within XMLBlueprint, press and hold the CTRL key and click the left mouse button on the hyperlink (CTRL+CLICK).
To open the hyperlink in another application, press and hold the CTRL key and the SHIFT KEY and click the left mouse button on the hyperlink (CTRL+SHIFT+CLICK).
XML Element Navigation
When editing an XML Document, Relax NG Schema, Schematron or XSD, you can quickly access the current XML element and its parents:
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| • | Click XML > Go To Begin Of Element (or CTRL+[) to move the caret to the begin of the current XML element. |
| • | Click XML > Go To End Of Element (or CTRL+]) to move the caret to the end of the current XML element. |
| • | Click XML > Select Element (or CTRL+E) to select the current element in the XML Editor. |
Go To Schema
When editing an XML Document you can quickly access the associated schema(s):
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| • | Click Schema > Go To DTD to open the DTD that is found in the active XML Document. |
| • | Click Schema > Go To Schematron to open any Schematron that is found in the active XML Document. |
| • | Click Schema > Go To Relax NG Schema to open any Relax NG Schema that is found in the active XML Document. |
| • | Click Schema > Go To to XSD to open any XSD that is found in the active XML Document. |
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