Editing Modes

The main editing area in Oxygen XML Editor includes several editing modes to suit the type of editing that you want to perform. You can easily switch between modes by clicking on the desired mode at the bottom of the main editing pane. Oxygen XML Editor offers the following editing modes:

• Text - This mode presents the source of the document.
• Grid - This mode displays the document as a structured grid of nested tables.
• Author - This mode enables you to edit in a WYSIWYG-like editor.
• Design - This mode is found in the schema editor and represents the schema as a diagram.

The default editing mode that will be initially opened for each type of document can be set in two ways:

• If the Allow Document Type specific edit mode setting to override the general mode setting option is selected in the Edit Modes preferences page, then the edit mode specified in the Document Type configuration dialog box is used when that particular type of document is initially opened.
• If the Allow Document Type specific edit mode setting to override the general mode setting option is not selected, then the edit mode specified in the table in the Edit Modes preferences page is used when that particular type of document is initially opened.