Retrieve DITA features in custom framework

[Johann]

Hello,

We are using Author web 24.0.0.4 version and we have built our own frameworks.

We would like to retrieve specific features from DITA in our curtom frameworks:

• CALS table creation wizard

• CALS table properties management wizard

• Imagemap wizard

How to do that?

Thank you,

Johann

[mihaela]

Hello,

Can you please give us more details about your use case? Your framework is an extension of the builtin DITA framework or is a custom framework that is not related with one of the builtin frameworks included in Oxygen XML?

There is a tutorial from our JS API Documentation [1] called "Show Table Properties action for custom table" [2] that can help you implement your own action, starting from the DITA specific action. Implementing your own insert CALS table action is similar (the js code for DITA can be found in the table-action-handler.js file from the web folder of the DITA framework).

For image map, we need to know for what type of documents do you want to implement it (if there is a customization of a DITA document or other) and if you want to change the behavior of the default action in some way.

[1] https://www.oxygenxml.com/maven/com/oxy ... index.html
[2] https://www.oxygenxml.com/maven/com/oxy ... rties.html


Best Regards,
Mihaela

[Johann]

Hello Mihaela,

two months later...

The first main need would be to be able to "Apply image map" on the images contained in our documents.
So we have our own frameworks that do not override DITA frameworks.
The goal would be to have the same graphical interface and to generate the imagemap tags in a tag of our schema.

Thank you for your help,

Johann

[mihaela]

Hello,

There is a post with a similar request (for Oxygen XML Editor, but the core code for this support is common) here:
xhtml/topic21306.html

Unfortunately there is no possibility for the moment to implement the imagemap support on a custom XML vocabulary. We already have an internal issue to add API for this functionality and I have added your vote for it.

Best Regards,
Mihaela

[Johann]

Hello,

Thank you for your answer.

Can we expect to have this feature in the next few months?
Our customers like it a lot.

In any case, can you notify me through this post the updates related to this topic?

Thank you,

Best regards,

Johann

[mihaela]

Hello,

We have to better analyze what changes must be made to make this possible. If you want, you can send us more details about the XML vocabulary you use (you can send us the framework, if it is possible, on our support email address: support@oxygenxml.com). This can help us to determine if and when this can be ready for your specific use-case.

We will also update the thread when the feature will be available.

Best Regards,
Mihaela

[mihaela]

Hello,

We have just released the 25 version of Web Author and, in addition to support for image maps being added in XHTML documents, it is now also possible to implement the image map feature in custom frameworks. For more details, see Implementing Image Map Support in a Custom Framework.

Here is the "What's New" list for this version:
https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_web_author/whats_new.html

Best Regards,
Mihaela

[david.badger]

Hello,
Are there any plans to implement the ability to use the imagemap editor in other frameworks in the Desktop Editor product? We have several use cases for this that use custom XML schemas.
Thanks.

[Radu]

Hi David,
We have an internal issue for this but I'm afraid we do not have a short term plan for implementation.
Are you working with Oxygen WebAuthor (in browser editor) or Oxygen desktop?
Regards,
Radu

[david.badger]

Hi Radu,
In this scenario, we are using the Desktop version of the editor with a custom XML schema.

[Radu]

Hi David,
Thanks for the feedback, we have an internal issue to allow for more flexible configuration for the imagemap support.
What we have right now at framework level would be a way for a Java developer to take control and draw over an image the hotspots:
https://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Edit ... undle.html
ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.ExtensionsBundle.getAuthorImageDecorator()
and someone could also create their own custom action to edit hotspots on an image map, again as a Java extension. So it would take some development effort to make this work for a custom framework.

Regards,
Radu