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Find and Invoke Actions

Oxygen XML Developer includes a Find action feature that provides a quick way to find actions that are available throughout the application. You can also assign shortcuts for particular actions and invoke actions using this feature.

The Find action operation is available in the Find or Help menus and it opens a pop-up window where all the actions are presented in a sortable, filterable table.

Figure 1. Find Action Pop-Up Window

This pop-up window includes the following features, options, and controls:

Search Field
You can use the search field at the top to search for a specific action and it includes a history drop-down down menu for quickly preforming recently-used search criteria. You can use the Delete button to the right of the search field to clear the current text from the search field. You can also search for actions using certain keyboard shortcuts (excluding the common editing commands such as Delete, Home, End, Delete, Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, etc.)
Filtering Options
All actions
Filters the table to display all available actions.
Actions in editing context
Filters the table to display available actions based on the current editing context where the application is focused (for example, if the current focus is a particular side-view, the table displays actions that are available in that side-view).
Disabled actions
Filters the table to also display actions that are currently disabled.
Double-Click
You can double-click an action in the table (or select an action and press Enter) to execute the particular action. Some actions will not have an effect if they are not allowed in the current editing context.
Accessibility Shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used to enjoy this feature using only a keyboard:
  • Ctrl + Alt + K - Opens the Find action pop-up window feature.
  • Up arrow / Down arrow - Navigates the table vertically and switches from the search field to the table, and vice versa.
  • Tab / Shift + Tab - Navigates between the radio filtering options and the checkbox option.
  • Left arrow / Right arrow - Toggles the selection for the radio filtering options.
  • Space - Toggles the checkbox option.
  • Enter - Executes the selected action.
  • Ctrl + Enter - Opens a dialog box where you can assign a keyboard shortcut for the selected action.
  • Ctrl + Up arrow / Ctrl + Down arrow - Accesses the history drop-down when the search field is in focus.
  • Esc - Closes the Find action pop-up window feature.
Actions Table
Displays the available actions based on the selected filtering options or search criteria. Some actions might be disabled/deactivated depending on the current editing context. When the Disabled action filtering option is selected, the disabled actions are displayed at the end of the results in the table.
Note: It is possible for certain actions not to be displayed in the actions table if they are created and implemented in other ways (for example, if they are implemented only to be available in a contextual menu).