Entities in attributes view in author mode

[ra0543]

Would it be possible for the attributes view in author mode to allow the direct entry of characters like & as themselves rather than requiring the entry as an XML entity & ? This would make the attributes view consistent with the main editing panel in author mode. The current behaviour for the attributes view in author mode seems to be the same as the main editing panel in text mode. This inconsistency is somewhat confusing for users, and it would be good if the attributes view had the same policy as the mode chosen.

[adrian]

Hello,

Thank you for the feedback.

We do plan to adjust this behaviour in the next version of Oxygen. It will be discussed and hopefully it will be implemented as you have requested. I've added your comments to our issue tracking tool.

Regards,
Adrian

[ra0543]

I wonder what stage this is at. It makes it somewhat frustrating for cutting URLs from Google books and pasting in as attributes, since they often contain several ampersands which then have to be found and 'corrected' into entity references. I'm sure others must find this a frequent problem too as URLs are often used as attribute values.

[Radu]

Hi,

Actually Oxygen 12 has improved this aspect.
After you commit the attribute value a warning will appear with 3 possible solutions. The default is to escape the inserted value. So you can OK the warning dialog and the value will contain as escaped entities the illegal attribute value characters like &.

Regards,
Radu