Navigation

Navigation using the Tree View
XML Marker let you navigate your xml text using the tree view. Just click the appropriate tree branch.

Navigate using the icons in the table views.
Some entries in the table view have a small underline. This indicates that you can click the icon. The tree View will select the appropriate branch - see the following animated screenshot for an example.

Using the locate in tree function.
Pressing the "locate in tree" icon will cause the Tree View to select the closest branch to either the caret (if the editor has the input focus) or the selected cell (if a table View has the input focus). After that the tree view gets the input focus.



Animated screenshot: the locate function

Using the drill feature.
XML Marker maintains a special attribute called the drill location. The drill location is a small green triangle , located in the text editor, which is used together with the drill up & down feature. This drill position is constantly updated when you select items in the Tree View and the Table Views.

When clicking the drill up button , XML Marker causes the tree selection to move to its parent. In the same time, the table views select the cell with the corresponding XML section that contains the drill location.

Similarly, when clicking drill down button , the tree selection moves to one of its children. It selects the child that is closest to the drill pos. As in the drill up case, the table views select the cell with the corresponding XML section that contains the drill location.

This is useful for viewing a specific xml element in the context of several table views that belongs to different hierarchal locations. For example, viewing an "order amount" in a "single item" table and in a "all items" table- see the following two screenshots.

Screenshot - before drill up.
In the following screenshot, taken before a drill up operation, the "amount" cell is selected in the table view. The table view itself, shows a "single item" table.


Screenshot: before drill up.


Screenshot - after drill up.
In the following screenshot, taken after a drill up operation, the "amount" cell is still selected in the table view. But the table shows an "all items" table, and the tree selection moved to its parent.


Screenshot: after drill up.