What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 22.1.0
Related version: 22.0.0
Version 22.1.0 of the Oxygen XML Web Author includes a new Outline pane that offers a quick way to navigate through the document, gives you insight about the location of your modifications, shows the hierarchical dependencies between elements, and makes it easy to visualize the XML structure.
We also optimized contextual menus for various components such as tables, Git submodules are now supported for all types of Git connectors, you can now control the font size in the editor, more customization possibilities were added, and as usual, this release includes various API additions, bug fixes, and component updates.
Outline Pane
General
Display Modes
Accessibility
Customization
Git
Git Submodules Support for all Git Connectors
Autocomplete Repositories for Generic Git Connector
General Editing
Control the Editor Font Size
More Information in the Review Pane
Other
Optimized Context Menu for Tables
Default Tags Display Mode
tagless.editor.tags.display.mode can be
used to specify the default tags display mode whenever an XML document is opened in Web
Author. For example, you can set the default mode to be Full Tags,
No Tags, Block Tags, Partial Tags,
Full Tags with Attributes, or Inline
Tags.Prefix/Suffix for New Files
filenamePrefix or
filenameSuffix properties. For more details, see Customizing New Document Templates.API
JavaScript API Documentation Facelift
Improved Client-Side DOM API
sync.api.AuthorEditingSupport.getDocument()). One can also use the
sync.api.AuthorEditingSupport.AuthorModelChangedEvent event to
subscribe for notifications when the document is modified.Render Arrows That Point to Specific Nodes in the Editor
sync.api.AuthorEditingSupport.getWidgetsFactory) was added. It gives
you access to the non-persistent highlights manager and to the new
sync.api.GuidingArrowRenderer that can be used to draw arrows that
point to specific nodes in the editor. For example, you can draw an arrow from an element
in a side-pane to a specific element in the main editor.
Improved Client-Side Selection API
sync.api.Selection.getCaretPositionInformation(). Various methods were
added to create selections like
sync.api.SelectionManager.createEmptySelectionAfterNode or
sync.api.SelectionManager.createEmptySelectionInTextNode.Customize Persistent Highlights
sync.api.PersistentHighlightsManager API was added and it
can be used for managing highlights in Web Author that are saved as
processing instructions with a custom type. One use-case for this new API is to
create custom comment types in the Review
pane.API to Draw Connecting Arrows from Side-Views to Editor
sync.api.GuidingArrowRenderer API was added to make it
possible to connect contents in a side-view with the corresponding
elements in the editor.New Parameter to Show the DITA Map Pane by default
showDitaMapView was added
to show the DITA Map pane by default, without having to use the toolbar
button.New API to Improve Performance for the Processing of DITA Key Definitions
KeyDefinitionManager.getContextKeyDefinitionsMap API was
added and it helps to improve editor performance when the context DITA map
contains lots of key definitions.New APIs to Get Details About Document Changes
sync.api.AuthorEditingSupport.EventType.BEFORE_MODEL_CHANGED and
sync.api.AuthorEditingSupport.EventType.MODEL_CHANGED can be used to
let users know when a document's model is changed and the details about what changed in
the document.Component Updates
Apache Tomcat 9.0.31
Shiro 1.5.2
Log4j 2.13