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| <title>Editing XML files</title> | |
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| <searchtitle>Editing XML files</searchtitle> | |
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| <shortdesc>This file contains information about editing XML files.</shortdesc> | |
| <prolog><metadata> | |
| <keywords><indexterm>XML editor<indexterm>XML files</indexterm></indexterm> | |
| <indexterm>XML files<indexterm>editing</indexterm></indexterm> | |
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| <context><p>To open an XML file in the XML editor, right-click it in the Navigator | |
| view and click <menucascade><uicontrol>Open With</uicontrol><uicontrol>XML | |
| Editor</uicontrol></menucascade>. </p><p>We recommend working in the Resource | |
| perspective when you are developing XML files. The views that appear by default | |
| in this perspective (such as the Outline view) help facilitate XML development.</p><p>The | |
| XML editor enables you to directly edit XML files. There are several different | |
| views you can use to edit your files:</p><ul> | |
| <li><b>Source view</b> - you can manually insert, edit, and delete elements | |
| and attributes in the Source view of the XML editor. To facilitate this effort, | |
| you can use content assist while you are in the Source view.</li> | |
| <li><b>Design view</b> - you can insert, delete, and edit elements, attributes, | |
| comments, and processing instructions in this view.</li> | |
| <li><b>Outline view </b>- you can insert and delete elements attributes, comments, | |
| and processing instructions in this view.</li> | |
| </ul><p>Often, you may find that you have more than one way to perform a specific | |
| task. For example, you have an XML file "MySchoolSubjects.xml" associated | |
| with an XML schema file "SchoolSubjects.xsd", which list all the subjects | |
| taught in a school. You want to insert a new element "Math" into your file. | |
| You can do so in the following ways:</p><ul> | |
| <li>In the Outline or Design view, right-click the appropriate parent element | |
| and select <uicontrol>Math</uicontrol> from the <uicontrol>Add Child</uicontrol> pop-up | |
| menu.</li> | |
| <li>In the Source view, use content assist to help you find the appropriate | |
| location and code for the <uicontrol>Math</uicontrol> element.</li> | |
| <li>In the Source view, type the code for the <uicontrol>Math</uicontrol> element | |
| in the file.</li> | |
| </ul></context> | |
| <postreq>The following links provide more information about the XML editor | |
| and editing XML files:</postreq> | |
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