View a document's dependencies
This procedure lets you quickly visualize the relationships between documents.
You can view the dependencies of any type of document. You can also double-click any of the other documents displayed in the view to see its dependencies in turn.
By default, the Dependencies view will be updated whenever you open a document. You can disable this behavior by pinning a specific document in the view.
To view a document's dependencies:
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Right-click from a list.
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Drag documents into the Dependencies view.
- Open the Dependencies view.
- Select one or more documents from any other view.
- Drag the selected documents into the Dependencies view, making sure to drop it under the Dependencies tree currently displayed.
- Double-click any document in the Dependencies view.
Tip: If you're using the Oxygen XML Editor and you want to view the dependencies of a topic
that's currently open in your editor, you can do one of the following:
- In Text mode or Author mode, right-click anywhere in the topic, then select .
- Click the View Dependencies button in the toolbar .