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.

About this task

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:

Procedure

  1. Open the topic in Oxygen Web Author.
  2. Click on the Oxygen toolbar.
  3. From the resulting dropdown menu, select Choose style...and then select the onscreen styles that assist you in best while using the tool.
    Figure: Sample Oxygen dialog
    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.