DocBook 5 Author Mode Actions

DocBook 5 Toolbar Actions

The following default actions are readily available on the DocBook (Author Custom Actions) toolbar when editing in Author mode (by default, most of them are also available in the DocBook5 menu and in various submenus of the contextual menu):

DocBook5 Menu Actions

In addition, the following default actions are available in the DocBook5 menu when editing in Author mode:

Table submenu

In addition to the table actions available on the toolbar, the following actions are available in this submenu:

DocBook 5 Contextual Menu Actions

In addition to many of the DocBook 5 toolbar actions and the general Author mode contextual menu actions, the following DocBook 5 framework-specific actions are also available in the contextual menu when editing in Author mode:

Image Map Editor

This action is available in the contextual menu when it is invoked on an image. This action applies an image map to the current image (if one does not already exist) and opens the Image Map Editor dialog box. This feature allows you to create hyperlinks in specific areas of an image that will link to various destinations.

Table Actions

The following table editing actions are available in the contextual menu when it is invoked on a table:

Delete Row(s)

Deletes the table row located at cursor position or multiple rows in a selection.

Delete Column(s)

Deletes the table column located at cursor position or multiple columns in a selection.

Join Cells

Joins the content of the selected cells (both horizontally and vertically).

Split Cell

Splits the cell at the cursor location. If Oxygen XML Developer detects more than one option to split the cell, a dialog box will be displayed that allows you to select the number of rows or columns to split the cell into.

Sort

Sorts cells or list items in a table.

Table Properties

Opens the Table properties dialog box that allows you to configure properties of a table (such as frame borders).

Other Actions submenu

This submenu give you access to all the usual contextual menu actions.

DocBook 5 Drag/Drop Actions

Dragging a file from the view or DITA Maps Manager view and dropping it into a DocBook 5 document that is edited in Author mode, creates a link to the dragged file (the link DocBook element) at the drop location. Dragging an image file from the default file system application (Windows Explorer on Windows or Finder on Mac OS X, for example) and dropping it into a DocBook 5 document inserts an image element (the imageobject DocBook element with an imagedata child element and a fileref attribute) at the drop location, similar to the Insert Image toolbar action.