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Note that the entry helper is context-sensitive; its content changes according to the location of
the cursor or selection. The content of the entry helper can be changed in one other way: when
another node is selected in the XML tree of the Elements entry helper, the elements relevant to
that node are displayed in the entry helper. The Elements entry helper can be expanded to
show the XML tree by checking the Show XML Tree check box at the top of the entry helper (
see screenshot above). The XML tree shows the hierarchy of nodes from the top-level element
node all the way down to the node selected in the Main Window.
Attributes entry helper: The Attributes entry helper displays the attributes of the element
selected in the Main Window, and the values of these attributes. Attribute values can be entered
or edited in the Attributes entry helper. Element nodes from the top-level element down to the
selected element are available for selection in the combo box of the Atributes entry helper.
Selecting an element from the dropdown list oft he combo box causes that element's attributes
to be displayed in the entry helper, where they can then be edited.
Entities entry helper: The Entities entry helper is not context-sensitive, and displays all the
entities declared for the document. Double-clicking an entity inserts it at the cursor location.
How to add entities for a document is described in the section Authentic View Interface.
Context menu
Right-clicking at a location in the Authentic View document pops up a context menu relevant to
that (node) location. The context menu provides commands that enable you to:
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Insert nodes at that location or before or after the selected node. Submenus display
lists of nodes that are allowed at the respective insert locations.
Remove the selected node (if this allowed by the schema) or any removable ancestor
element. The nodes that may be removed (according to the schema) are listed in a
submenu.
Insert entities and CDATA sections. The entities declared for the document are listed in
a submenu. CDATA sections can only be inserted withn text.
Cut, copy, paste, and delete document content.
For more details about the interface, see Authentic View Interface
Node Operations
There are two major types of nodes you will encounter in an Authentic View XML document:
element nodes and attribute nodes. These nodes are marked up with tags, which you can
switch on. There are also other nodes in the document, such as text nodes (which are not
marked up) and CDATA section nodes (which are marked up, in order to delimit them from
surrounding text).
The node operations described in this section refer only to element nodes and attribute nodes.
When trying out the operations described in this section, it is best to have large markup
switched on.
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It is important to remember that only same- or higher-level elements can be inserted
before or after the selected element. Same-level elements are siblings. Siblings of a
paragraph element would be other paragraph elements, but could also be lists, a table,
an image, etc. Siblings could occur before or after an element. Higher-level elements
are ancestor elements and siblings of ancestors. For a paragraph element, ancestor
elements could be a section, chapter, article, etc. A paragraph in a valid XML file would
already have ancestors. Therefore, adding a higher-level element in Authentic View,
creates the new element as a sibling of the relevant ancestor. For example, if a section
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