Button Group Form Control
The oxy_buttonGroup
built-in form control is used for a graphical user
interface group of buttons that invokes one of several custom Author mode
actions (defined in the associated Document Type) referencing it by its ID, or directly in the
CSS.
The
oxy_buttonGroup
form control supports the following properties: - label - Specifies the label to be displayed on the button. This label can be translated using the ${i18n()} editor variable.
- icon - The path to the icon to be displayed on the button.
- visible - Specifies
whether or not the form control is visible. The possible values of this property are
true
(default value) andfalse
. - tooltip - Specifies a tooltip to be displayed when you hover over the form control.
- transparent - Makes the button transparent
without any borders or background colors. The values of this property can be
true
orfalse
. - fontInherit - This value specifies
whether or not the form control inherits its font from its parent element. The values of
this property can be
true
orfalse
(default value). To make the form control inherit its font from its parent element, set thefontInherit
property totrue
. - enableInReadOnlyContext - To
enable button form
controls or groups of buttons form
controls, this property needs to be set to
true
. This property can be used to specify areas as read-only (by setting the-oxy-editable
property tofalse
). This is useful when you want to use an action that does not modify the context. - hoverPseudoclassName - Allows you to change the way an element
is rendered when you hover over a form control. The value is the name of a CSS
pseudo-class. When you hover over the form control, the specified pseudo-class will be set
on the element that contains the form control.
p:before { content: oxy_buttonGroup(hoverPseudoclassName, 'showBorder') } p:showBorder { border: 1px solid red; }
- actionIDs - The IDs of the actions that will be presented in the group of buttons.
- actionID - The ID of the action,
specified in the document type
association, that is invoked when you click the button.Note: The element that contains the form control represents the context where the action is invoked.
-
actions - Defines a sequential list of actions directly, rather than using the
actionID
parameter to reference actions from the document type association. This property is defined using the oxy_action_list function.oxy_buttonGroup( label, 'A group of actions', icon, url('http://www.oxygenxml.com/img/icn_oxy20.png'), actions, oxy_action_list( oxy_action( name, 'Insert', description, 'Insert an element after the current one', operation, 'InsertFragmentOperation', arg-fragment, '<element></element>', arg-insertLocation, '.', arg-insertPosition, 'After' ), oxy_action( name, 'Delete', description, 'Deletes the current element', operation, 'DeleteElementOperation' ) ) )
Tip: To execute multiple actions sequentially, you can use the oxy_compound_action function in theoxy_action_list
function.p:before { content: oxy_buttonGroup( label, 'A group of actions', icon, url('http://www.oxygenxml.com/img/icn_oxy20.png'), actions, oxy_action_list( oxy_compound_action( name, oxy_getActionName('framework.id', 'Fallback'), description, 'Inserts a paragraph and uses form controls to edit its @audience attribute', icon, url('http://www.oxygenxml.com/img/icn_oxy20.png'), oxy_action( name, 'Insert', description, 'Insert an element after the current one', operation, 'ro.sync.ecss.extensions.commons.operations.InsertFragmentOperation', icon, url('insert.png'), arg-fragment, "<p audience=''></p>", arg-insertLocation, '.', arg-insertPosition, 'After' ), oxy_action( name, 'Activate edit mode', description, 'Sets a pseudo class that will activate a CSS rule that will present a text field form control for the @audience attribute', operation, 'SetPseudoClassOperation', arg-name, 'edit-mode-on', arg-elementLocation , '.' ) ), oxy_action( name, 'Delete', description, 'Deletes the current element', operation, 'DeleteElementOperation' ) ) ) }
- actionContext - Specifies the context that the action associated
with the form control is executed. Its possible values are
element
(default value) andcaret
. If you select theelement
value, the context is the element that holds the form control. If you select thecaret
value, the action is invoked at the cursor location. If the cursor is not inside the element that holds the form control, theelement
value is selected automatically. - actionStyle - Specifies what to display for an action in the
form control. The values of this property can be
text
(default value),icon
, orboth
.
Example: oxy_buttonGroup Form
Control
buttongroup:before {
content:
oxy_label(text, "Button Group:", width, 150px, text-align, left)
oxy_buttonGroup(
label, 'A group of actions',
/* The action IDs are declared in the document type
associated with the XML document. */
actionIDs,
"insert.popupWithMultipleSelection,insert.popupWithSingleSelection",
actionStyle, "both");
}
Tip: To insert a sample of the
oxy_buttonGroup
form control in a
CSS file , invoke the Content Completion
Assistant by pressing Ctrl +
Space and select the
oxy_buttonGroup
code template. Also, an
oxy_buttonGroup_in_place_action
code template is available that inserts an
oxy_buttonGroup
function that includes an oxy_action_list
function.To see more detailed examples and more information about how form controls work in Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin, see the sample files in the following directory: [OXYGEN_INSTALL_DIR]/samples/form-controls.
Resources
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