Debugger Layout

The XML and XSL files are displayed in Text mode. The other modes (Author mode, Grid mode) are available only in the Editor perspective.

The debugger perspective contains four sections:

• Source document view (XML) - Displays and allows the editing of XML files (documents).
• XSLT/XQuery document view (XSLT/XQuery) - Displays and allows the editing of XSL files(stylesheets) or XQuery documents.
• Output view - Displays the output that results from inputting a document (XML) and a stylesheet (XSL) or XQuery document in the transformer. The transformation result is written dynamically while the transformation is processed. Several actions are available in the contextual menu for this view, including Find/Replace, Copy, and Format and Indent. There are two types of output views: a text view (with XML syntax highlight) and an XHTML view. For large outputs, the XHTML view can be disabled (see Debugger Settings).
• Control view - The control view is used to configure and control the debugging operations. It also provides a set of Information views types. This pane has two sections:
  • Control toolbar
  • Information views

XML documents and XSL stylesheets or XQuery documents that were opened in the Editor perspective are automatically sorted into the first two panes. When multiple files of each type are opened, the individual documents and stylesheets are separated using the familiar tab management system of the Editor perspective. Selecting a tab brings the document or stylesheet into focus and enables editing without the need to go back to the Editor perspective.

When editing in the Editor perspective the editor toolbar is displayed. In Debugger mode this toolbar is not available, however the functions are still accessible from the Document menu and the editors contextual menus.

Bookmarks are replaced in the Debugger perspective by breakpoints.

During debugging, the current execution node is highlighted in both document (XML) and XSLT/XQuery views.