Oxygen XML Framwork - Build dynamic links

[xephon]

Hi,

I used the following CSS rules in my LESS file to dynamically generate links for an element like this:

Element

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<issue project="project1" number="1234"/>

CSS

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*[class ~= "history-d/issue"]:before(5) {

  content: "Jira: ";

  display: inline-block;

  width: 50px;

}



*[class ~= "history-d/issue"]:before(4) {

  content: attr(project) "-" attr(number);

  link: "http://jira.xxxx.de/browse/" attr(project) "-" attr(number);

  color: navy;

  display: inline-block;

  width: 150px;

  float: right;

}



*[class ~= "history-d/issue"]:before(3) {

  content: "Projekt: " 

    oxy_editor(

      type, combo, 

      edit, "project", 

      editable, true, 

      values, "project1, project2", 

      labels, "Project 1, Project 2"

    );

  display: inline-block;

  float: right;

  width: 100px;

}



*[class ~= "history-d/issue"]:before(2) {

  content: " Nummer: "

    oxy_textfield(

      edit, "@number",

      columns, 4,

      values

    );

  display: inline-block;

  float: right;

  width: 100px;

}

However that was before the release of the Release Management domain. Now I'd like to switch to the Release Management domain, but the pendant is slightly more complex:

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<change-request-reference>

  <change-request-system>project1</change-request-system>

  <change-request-id>1234</change-request-id>

</change-request-reference>

Now I'd like to have the same link generator, but that would mean, that I'd need to read the value of a different element in a CSS rule of another element. I need to walk from <change-request-id> to <change-request-system>.

tl;dr question: Can I use XPATH expressions in CSS rules (oxy_ Elements)?

[Radu]

Hi Stefan,

You can use our oxy_xpath CSS extension function:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/versions/ ... ction.html

It comes with a penalty hit on the editing side because Oxygen needs to do more computations but DITA topics being small it should not matter much.

Regards,
Radu

[xephon]

Excellent, thanks a lot.