Author extensions

The CSS file used for rendering DocBook content is located in ${frameworks}/dita/css/dita.css.

Specific actions for DITA Map documents are:

  • Insert Topic Reference - inserts a reference to a topic. You can find more information about this action here.

  • Insert Topic Heading - inserts a topic heading. You can find more information about this action here.

  • Insert Topic Group - inserts a topic group. You can find more information about this action here.

  • Insert Content Reference - inserts a content reference at the caret position. See more about this action here.

  • Insert Table - opens a dialog that allows you to configure the relationship table to be inserted.

    Figure 6.6. Insert Relationship Table Dialog

    Insert Relationship Table Dialog


    The dialog allows the user to configure the number of rows and columns of the relationship table, if the header will be generated and if the title will be added.

  • Insert Row - inserts a new table row with empty cells. The action is available when the caret position is inside a table.

  • Insert Column - inserts a new table column with empty cells after the current column. The action is available when the caret position is inside a table.

  • Insert Cell - inserts a new empty cell depending on the current context. If the caret is positioned between two cells, a new one will be inserted at caret's position. If the caret is inside a cell, then the new one will be created after the current cell.

  • Delete Column - deletes the table column where the caret is located.

  • Delete Row - deletes the table row where the caret is located.

  • Join Row Cells - joins the content of the selected cells. The operation is available if the selected cells are from the same row and they have the same row span. The action is also available when the selection is missing, but the caret is positioned between two cells.

  • Join Cell Above - joins the content of cell from current caret position with that of the cell above it. Note that this action works only if both cells have the same column span.

  • Join Cell Below - joins the content of cell from current caret position with that of the cell below it. Note that this action works only if both cells have the same column span.

  • Split Cell To The Left - splits the cell from current caret position in two, inserting a new empty table cell to the left. Note that this action works only if the current cell spans over more than one column. The column span of the source cell will be decreased with one.

  • Split Cell To The Right - splits the cell from current caret position in two, inserting a new empty table cell to the right. Note that this action works only if the current cell spans over more than one column. The column span of the source cell will be decreased with one.

All actions described above are available in the contextual menu, main menu (DITA submenu) and in the Author custom actions toolbar.

Templates

Default templates available for DITA Maps are stored in ${frameworksDir}/dita/templates/map folder. They can be used for easily creating a DITA map and bookmap files.

These templates are available when creating new documents from templates.

DITA Map - Bookmap

New DITA Bookmap

DITA Map - Map

New DITA Map