What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 25.0.0
October 13, 2022
Version 25.0.0 of Oxygen XML Web Author continues to bolster the innovative web-based XML authoring tool with more enhancements and additions. This major release offers improvements to the general user interface, new DITA authoring features, more customization possibilities, refinements to concurrent editing sessions, performance tweaks, as well as various bug fixes and component updates.
User Interface Improvements
Control Indentation in Code Blocks
It is now easier for you to add indentation in code blocks by using the
Tab or Shift+Tab keyboard shortcuts.
Select an Element, its Content, or its Parent Element
A Select submenu was added in the contextual menu that
contains actions for selecting an Element, its Content,
or its Parent element.
Image Map Editor is Now Available for XHTML Documents
The image map editor is now available for XHTML documents, thus providing an
easy way to create hyperlinks in various areas within an image.
Smart Paste Improvements
Various tweaks were made in the mappings for the Smart Paste
mechanism. For example, pasting HTML code into a codeblock now only inserts the text
content, pasting multiple paragraphs no longer merges them into a single paragraph, xrefs
are no longer inserted when pasting links, and more.
DITA Authoring
Enable Inline Insertion Actions in DITA Maps
A new Inline insertion actions CSS style is now available in
the Choose style dialog box (in the Additional styles
section) when editing a DITA map in the visual editor that makes it easier for you to
insert new topic references. Enabling this style renders an insertion widget in locations
in the map document where a new topic reference can be inserted.
Set the Syntax Highlight Language for Codeblocks Using a New In-place Action
When a DITA topic contains a
<codeblock> element, an
in-place pop-up action can be used to easily change or set a syntax highlight language
(@outputclass attribute) for the code block content.
Outline Pane Available for DITA Maps
The Outline pane (which displays a general tag overview of the
currently open document) is now available when you are editing DITA map
documents.
Topic References in the DITA Maps Manager Collapsed by Default
Topic reference nodes are now collapsed by default in the DITA Maps Manager
pane, making it effortless for you to navigate and explore large or complex
maps.
Floating Toolbar Now Includes Link Actions
It is now easier than ever to insert cross references, file references, or web
links with the addition of link actions in the floating toolbar.
Customization and Integration
Add Button Groups to the Floating Toolbar
The oxy_buttonGroup form control is now supported on the
floating toolbar. This form control provides a drop-down menu with buttons that are used
to invoke specific actions. For details on how to configure the floating toolbar, see
the documentation
of the
-oxy-floating-toolbar property.Implement Image Map Support in Custom Frameworks
In addition to support for image maps being added in XHTML documents, it is now
also possible to implement the image map feature in custom frameworks. For more details,
see Implementing Image Map Support in a Custom Framework.
Concurrent Editing
Sessions Resume Seamlessly After Connection Loss
You are now able to seamlessly resume a concurrent editing session when the
connection is lost for a short period of time (for example, if you lose internet
connection or the computer goes into sleep mode, the session will resume seamlessly after
the connection is re-established).
Performance Enhancements
Cached Content Reference Targets Load Faster
Performance was improved when opening files with repeated content references
(
@conref) by storing the target file in a cache so that the files now
load faster.Component Updates
Jackson Databind 2.13.2.2
Updated the Jackson Databind library to version 2.13.2.2.
Apache Shiro 1.9.1
Updated the Apache Shiro library to version 1.9.1.
RESTEasy 4.7.7.Final
Updated the RESTEasy component to version 4.7.7.Final.
API
New Method to Open Links
The API allows not to open a link using the new
openLink
method that was added to the Workspace API class.