Devin Bayer wrote: > > When I have the top level element selected and I goto 'Select->Select > Preceding Sibling' I get java exception errors and the program nearly > freezes up. The widgets stop redrawing themselves and there is a lack > of tactility that is hard to discribe. Some things will respond to > clicks and some wont. Closing XXE works fine. > > I do not know of another way to select top-level comments and PIs. If > this is not possible then expected behavior is 'Select->Select > Preceding Sibling' should be grayed out; or at least not nearly-freeze > the program when clicked.
Sorry for this enormous bug. Consider it fixed. XXE can be used to edit comment and PIs outside the root element. If you put comment and PIs outside the root element in the document template, they are preserved when you save the edited document but you cannot edit them with XXE.
