Oxygen XML Forum

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2020 9:13 am**

Is there a way to prevent the deletion of a section or paragraph?

Posted: **Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:05 pm**

Hi Julie,

If for example you mark that XML element with a certain attribute:

<p outputclass="read-only">Oil should be changed every 6000 kilometers.</p>

you can set the element as read-only from the CSS:

p[outputclass='read-only'] {
  -oxy-editable:false;
}

but the element will have read-only contents, you will still be able to delete it from the Outline.
If you want something more probably you can use our Java based API to implement an AuthorDocumentFilter:

https://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Edit ... ilter.html

or with a schema aware editing handler:

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

Regards,
Radu

Prevent deletion of section