Hussein Shafie wrote: > Philip Nye wrote: >> Hussein Shafie wrote: >> ... >> A collapse/expand whole document command would (for me) avoid having to >> implement the css option at all. > > We already have that command: it is called "toggleCollapsed". See > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/commands/toggleCollapsed.html > > It even has bindings if you install the (very useful--cannot use XXE > without it) add-on called "A sample customize.xxe". > > Example: when I open a large document, typically a reference manual, I > first type "Esc 1" to view its outline.
Thanks yet again - I had not managed to get toggleCollapsed to do quite what I want. Now I see I can do so provided my root element is collapsible. >> Rarticularly when you implement the >> dynamic templates element on the user wish list! which would allow >> specification of collapsed state in the template rather than the css. > > No. After evaluation, a dynamic document or element template is just a > tree of XML nodes, just like their static counterparts. This tree of XML > nodes may be displayed using all sorts of views, some of which may not > support CSS or the concept of collapse/expand. OK I follow this. As long as commands attached to the template are run before the view is generated, any which affect the view will be meaningless. Philip
