I have a killer (I think) enhancement idea for XMLMind XML Editor. In an XXE configuration, it would be nice to be able to specify a ?default attribute? for a given element type. When selecting an element of that type, the specified ?default attribute? would be loaded into the Attributes panel?s editor immediately, without having to specifically select it.
An example of how this would be useful would be in editing elements such as link in DITA. 99% of the time, when you want to edit an attribute on a link element, it?s the href attribute that you want to change. Why not make it possible to save users the trouble of selecting that attribute to edit it. Editing a link with the keyboard would then be simplified to these steps: 1. Select element 2. Ctrl/Cmd-E 3. Enter (no typing required to select href attribute!) 4. type new href value Using the Browse button to set a new link target with the mouse would be greatly simplified as well: 1. Select element 2. Click the Browse button in the Attributes panel This would save me and my staff a lot of time in a few common use cases, and seems to me like it would be pretty easy to implement. The thought occurs that it might be possible to implement this using XXE?s Java API as a plug-in. If I get some spare time, I might try to do it myself. -- Kevin Yank Technical Director, sitepoint.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2421 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/attachments/20080723/3163ecf9/attachment.p7s
