Presenting Validation Errors in Text Mode

By default, Oxygen XML automatically validates documents while editing in the Text mode, and actions are also available to manually validate documents on-request.

Validation Marker Locations

In Text mode, validation issues are marked in the following locations:

In the main editing pane, with the issue underlined in a color according to the type of issue.
In the right-side vertical stripe, with a marker that is colored according to the type of issue.
For attributes with detected issues, in the Attributes view, with the attribute and its value colored according to the type of issue.

The colors for each type of issue are as follows:

Information about the issue is also displayed in the message area on the bottom of the editor panel (clicking the Document checking options button opens the Document Checking preferences page where you can configure some validation options (such as the colors used to present the validation issues). Some validation messages have an icon () and clicking it opens a dialog box with additional information and a link to specifications.
When a validation is processed, information about the validation scenario is displayed in the stripe at the very bottom of the application. It includes the name of the validation scenario and its status. If you hover over the information, a tooltip is presented with more information. You can also click the button to open the Information view, where even more details are displayed.