What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 19.0.0
April 5, 2017
Oxygen XML Web Author version 19 is the latest release for the innovative web-based authoring tool. Its powerful technology and adaptive interface allows you to review, contribute, and edit content from anywhere you have access to a browser, on desktops, tablets, or mobile devices. It includes a variety of new features and improvements to make your authoring, collaborating, and reviewing experience more efficient, accurate, and productive than ever before.
oXygen XML Web Author
Find/Replace Mechanism Improved
The search mechanism now features a dialog box that provides more
intuitive search functions and includes several new options to help you find and replace
content.
New Validation View
A new Validation side view has been added that provides details
about any detected problems in the current document and it is synchronized with the
editing pane. Each problem may contain fixes you can select to solve that
issue.
Proposals to Help You Resolve Errors
A Quick Fix mechanism was added to Web Author that offers
proposals to automatically fix validation problems in your documents. The fixes are
presented in a tooltip in the main editing pane and also in the
Validation side view.
Autosave Feature for SharePoint
The SharePoint plugin now includes support for autosave and a new
configuration parameter was added that specifies the auto-saving interval.
REST-based CMS Connection Plugin
We now have a REST-based plugin on
GitHub that allows you to implement REST-endpoints for content handling,
providing a simple way to connect to a CMS or any repository.
Support for German, Dutch, Japanese, and French Languages
There is a new Language icon in the top-right corner of the
Dashboard that you can use to change the interface language.
English, German, Dutch, Japanese, and French are available.
Change Tracking Displays Attribute Changes
When Change Tracking is enabled, any changes to attributes are displayed in the
Review panel.
Folding Support
Parts of documents can now be folded (collapsed) to make it easier to work with large documents.
Tab Key Jumps to the Next Element
You can now use the Tab key to jump to the next element.
Improved Validation when Uploading Plugins or Frameworks
When a plugin or framework is uploaded, Web Author now checks to make sure it contains
the proper extension descriptor file (plugin.xml or
*.framework) before copying it to the extensions folder. Also, the
Administration Page now displays plugins or frameworks that could not be
loaded.
Java Virtual Machine 1.8
On the server side, Web Author now requires Java Virtual Machine
1.8.
API: Reload Content from CMS
The ReloadContentOperation API was added that allows you to
reload editor content from the CMS.
API: Autosave Feature
A new API was added that allows you to implement autosave.
Acrolinx Integration
Acrolinx provides an Oxygen XML Web Author plugin that allows integration
with the Acrolinx server that analyzes your content and offers suggestions for improving
it.