Perspectives Layout

The Perspectives Layout preferences panel is opened from menu Options > Preferences > Perspectives Layout.

Oxygen XML Developer has many helper views that can be arranged in different layouts. Use this preferences panel to configure your preferred layout.

The following options are available:

• Use default layout - selected by default. It indicates that Oxygen XML Developer uses the default layout for all its perspectives. Any modification of this layout (for instance closing / showing views or a new view arrangement) is saved when the application exits and it is reloaded at the next start-up;
• Use fixed layout - check this option when you want the editor to always start with a certain preconfigured layout. Modifications of the selected layout are lost when the program exits. There are two kinds of fixed layout:
  • Predefined - Oxygen XML Developer has several predefined layouts to choose from, depending on the type of work you intend to do:
    • Advanced - all views are visible;
    • Author - authoring-oriented layout, displaying the Project, Archive Browser, DITA Maps Manager, Outline, Attributes, Model, and Elements views;
    • Basic - only the Project view and the Outline view are visible. Recommended when you edit XML content and you need maximum screen space;
    • Intermediate - the Project, Outline, Attributes, Model, Elements, Entities, and Transformation Scenarios views are visible;
    • Schema development - the Project, Component Dependencies, Resource Hierarchy/Dependencies, Outline, Palette, and Attributes views are visible;
    • XQuery development - the Project, Outline, Transformation Scenarios, XSLT/XQuery input views are visible;
    • XSLT development - the Project, Component Dependencies, Resource Hierarchy/Dependencies, Outline, Attributes, Model, XSLT/XQuery input, XPath Builder, and Transformation Scenarios views are visible.
  • Specified - allows you to choose a previously saved layout file;
    Note: In order to create a layout file, you can arrange the views in the desired order and then save the layout by invoking the Window > Save layout ... action.
• Allow detaching editors from main window - this option allows you to drag and drop an editor window outside of the main screen. This is useful especially when you are using two monitors and you want to view files in parallel.
  Note: In case the main screen is maximized, you can not drag and drop an editor outside of it.
  • View tab placement - specifies whether the View tab is presented at the top or bottom of the window;
  • Editor tab placement - specifies whether the Editor tab is presented at the top or bottom of the window.