[oXygen-user] Enhancement Request: Make keyref dialog wider

[Radu Coravu]

Hi Eliot,

Thanks for the details, it helps.
We'll see if we can make the quick find in the "Insert Key Reference" 
dialog a feature of Oxygen 14 (in about a year).

Regards,
Radu

Radu Coravu
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On 9/28/2011 1:33 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote:
> Yes, there could be 100s of keys in a map. For example, the DITA Language
> Reference has one key per language reference entry and that would be typical
> for that type of document.
>
> For glossaries you would also expect to have at least one key per glossary
> entry so that you can then use @keyref on<keyword>  or<term>.
>
> In the context of an encyclopedia-type document you might have 10s of 1000s
> of keys.
>
> Another recommended best practice is to use keys for references to graphics,
> so at least one key per graphic.
>
> So yes, anything to make finding specific keys easier will be very helpful.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eliot
>
> On 9/28/11 3:56 AM, "Radu Coravu"<radu_coravu at sync.ro>  wrote:
>
>> Hi Eliot,
>>
>> This small improvement will probably be available in Oxygen 13.1 in a
>> month or so.
>> Oxygen 13.1 will also contain a button in the "Insert Topic Reference"
>> dialog allowing for easily selecting keyrefs as you suggested in a
>> previous email.
>>
>> By the way, from your experience, are there usually many keys defined on
>> a DITA Map? Can there be hundreds of keys defined for example? Would a
>> "quick find" search field help in the same dialog if it would be available?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Radu
>>
>> Radu Coravu
>> <oXygen/>   XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
>> http://www.oxygenxml.com
>>
>> On 9/27/2011 5:30 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote:
>>> Good practice for DITA key names is to use a distinguishing prefix so that
>>> related keys sort together alphabetically.
>>>
>>> I'm finding that the default width of the Insert Content Key Reference
>>> dialog is too narrow so that the keys are truncated before even the complete
>>> prefix is display. E.g., my keys are "action-handler-foo-bar" where
>>> "action-handler-" is the common prefix.
>>>
>>> Suggest making the default width for the dialog at least twice the current
>>> default.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> E.
>>>
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