Browsing Archives

To view the contents and structure of an archive, use one of the following methods:

  • Open an archive from the Navigator view. This will open the archive in the main editing pane. The archive will be unmounted when the editor is closed.
  • Use the Eclipse File System (EFS) by right-clicking the archive in the Navigator view and choosing Expand Zip Archive. This will expand the archive in the Navigator view. All the standard Navigator actions are available on the mounted archive. To close the archive, you can use the Collapse ZIP Archive action and any file opened from the expanded archive will be closed when the archive in unmounted.

Tip

If a file is not recognized by Oxygen XML Developer plugin as a supported archive type, you can add it from the Archive preferences page.

Browsing an Archive

Toolbar Actions

The following actions are available on the Archive Browser toolbar:

Validate (available for EPUB archives only)
Checks the EPUB archive to see if its content and structure is valid.
New folder
Creates a folder as child of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
New file
Creates a file as child of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
Add files
Adds existing files as children of the selected folder in the browsed archive.

Note

You can also add files in the archive by dragging them from the file browser or the Navigator view and dropping them in the archive editor.
Delete
Deletes the selected resource in the browsed archive.
Open in System Application
Opens the selected resource in the default system application that is associated with that type of file.
Archive Options
Opens the Archive preferences page.

Contextual Menu Actions

The following additional actions are available from the contextual menu for resources in the Archive Browser view:

Open
Opens a resource from the archive in the editor.
Extract
Extracts a resource from the archive in a specified folder.
New folder
Creates a folder as child of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
New file
Creates a file as child of the selected folder in the browsed archive.
Add files
Adds existing files as children of the selected folder in the browsed archive.

Note

On OS X, the Add file action is also available and it allows you to add one file at a time.
Rename
Renames a resource in the archive.
Find/Replace in Files
Allows you to search for and replace specific pieces of text inside the archive.
Cut
Cuts the selected archive resource.
Copy
Copies the selected archive resource.
Paste
Pastes a file or folder into the archive.
Delete
Removes a file or folder from archive.
Copy location
Copies the URL location of the selected resource.
Refresh
Refreshes the selected resource.
Properties
Shows the properties of the selected resource.

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