DITA map menu

When a DITA map is opened in XMLmind XML Editor, the XML menu becomes the Map menu and this menu is populated with items which are specific to DITA maps. This reference contains a description of such menu items.

This menu is absent in XMLmind XML Editor Personal Edition.

Convert to HTML
Converts the topic or map being edited to multi-page HTML. Requires the user to specify the URL of an output directory.
Convert to PDF
Converts the topic or map being edited to PDF. Requires the user to specify the URL of an output file.
Note: Generating PDF requires installing the "Apache FOP 1.x XSL-FO processor plug-in" add-on. Normally, this should have been done automatically when you installed this configuration. If this was not the case, simply use Options > Install Add-ons to do it.

DITA map tool bar

When a DITA map is opened in XMLmind XML Editor, buttons which are specific to this kind of document are automatically added to the tool bar. This reference contains a description of such buttons.

Button Description
Move up

If selected element is a topicref, topichead, topicgroup, navref or anchor and if this selected element is preceded by a topicref, topichead, topicgroup, navref or anchor, this command moves selected element one position up in its container element.

Move down

If selected element is a topicref, topichead, topicgroup, navref or anchor and if this selected element is preceded by a topicref, topichead, topicgroup, navref or anchor, this command moves selected element one position down in its container element.

Promote

If selected element is a topicref, topichead, topicgroup, itself contained in a topicref, topichead, topicgroup, this command removes selected element from its parent and makes it a sibling following its ex-parent.

Moreover, all elements that followed selected element in the ex-parent are also removed from this ex-parent and made children of the newly ``promoted'' element.

Demote

If selected element is a topicref, topichead, topicgroup, itself preceded by a topicref, topichead, topicgroup, this command moves selected element at the end of its predecessor.

Edit referenced topic or map

Opens in XMLmind XML Editor the topic or map referenced in the conref, href or mapref attribute of selected element.

If this document is already opened in XMLmind XML Editor, this command brings its view to front and makes it the active one.

If this document does not exist yet, the File > New dialog box is displayed and allows the user to choose which document (i.e. topic, task, reference, map, etc) is to be created at the location specified by attribute href, mapref or conref.

DITA map bindings

When a DITA map is opened in XMLmind XML Editor, additional keyboard shortcuts which are specific to this kind of document are automatically made available to the user. This reference contains a description of such keyboard shortcuts.

Keyboard shortcut Description
F2 Up Move up
F2 Down Move down
F2 Left Promote
F2 Right Demote
F2 e Edit referenced topic or map