The Edit modes preferences page allows you to select the initial edit mode of an editor. The previous editing mode is saved and used at start-up. To open the Edit modes preferences page, go to .
If the checkbox Allow Document Type specific edit mode setting to override the general mode setting is enabled, the initial edit mode setting set in the Document Type dialog overrides the general edit mode setting from the table below.
The initial edit mode of each editor type has one of the following values:
- Text;
- Author;
- Grid;
- Design (available only for the W3C XML Schema editor).
The Oxygen XML Editor “Edit modes” Preferences Page
