Use Oxygen Web Author styles

Web Author includes a number of additional styles that you can apply to topics and maps while you are editing. These styles are implemented using CSS files that exist in the framework. If you want to hide any of these options or create additional options of your own, you can do so through your custom framework.

The additional styles are strictly appearance-based and do not make any changes to your content or appear in output. There is no harm in turning them on and off to see what effects they have in your onscreen topic or map display.

To use Oxygen Web Author styles:

Open the topic in Oxygen Web Author.
Click on the Oxygen toolbar.

From the resulting dropdown menu, select Choose style...and then select the onscreen styles that assist you in best while using the tool.

Table 1. Onscreen style options
Style	Condition	Result, based on show or hide selection
Main style	Applies to all content, so leave selected at all times	Provides primary style associated with IXIA CCMS
Full width	Applies to maps or topics	Expands the Web author editing area, extending it from the left edge to the Details panel on the right
Hide prolog	Applies to topics only	Hides the `<prolog>` element that contains the topic's metadata in Author view For authors and advanced users, leave this unselected so you can see the prolog metadata For reviewers or contributors, you can show the prolog, which should be the only item visible and is selected by default
Hide index terms	Applies to topics only	Hides `<indexterm>` elements in Author view
Colored revision changes	This attribute is added manually by the user. The CCMS does not add it automatically.	Formats the content of elements that have the status attribute applied, based on the value of the attribute: New text is light green with an underline format Deleted text is light salmon with a strike-through format Changed text is dark pink with an underline format Unchanged text is dark yellow
Codeblock syntax highlight	Applies to topics only	Color-codes various types of programming syntax in `<codeblock>` elements based on an `<outputclass>` that identifies the syntax: `<language-xquery>` `<language-java>` `<language-css>` `<language-javascript>` `<language-json>` `<language-sql>` `<language-c>` `<language-cpp>` `<language-python>` `<language-perl>` `<language-bourne>` `<language-php>` `<language-yaml>` `<language-dtd>` `<language-cmd>` `<language-powershell>`
Show table column specifications		Shows the `<colspec>` element and its values for each column in a table, allowing easier editing of these values in Author view
Hide draft comments	Applies to topics only	Hides `<draft-comment>` elements in Author view.
Hide XML comments	Applies to topics only	Hides XML comments in Author view and take the form `<!--Here is a comment-->` Note: Although Oxygen chooses to display them with a #comment tag, they are not elements.
Hints	Applies to topics only	Hides authoring hints for various elements in Author view
Inline actions		Shows suggestions for additional elements that can be inserted in Author view
Inline insertion actions	Applies to topics only	For certain elements, displays an icon with a list of suggested elements to insert in that context
Hide topicmeta	Custom, applies to maps only	Hides the `<topicmeta>` element in Content view
Edit topicref attributes in place	Custom, applies to maps only	Displays an edit icon, allows the direct edit of map element attributes in Content view
Hide containerref	Custom CCMS style, applies to DRM maps only	Hides the `<containerref>` element in Content view

Onscreen formatting updates to the style you selected.