SharePoint Contextual Menu Actions
While browsing SharePoint connections in the Data Source Explorer view, the following contextual
menu actions are available, depending on the type of node:
- Connection Nodes
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- Configure Database Sources
- Opens the Data Sources preferences page where you can configure both data sources and connections.
- Log in with Microsoft Account (when not connected)
- Opens the Microsoft login page in your default browser and authenticates Oxygen XML Developer Eclipse plugin.
- Disconnect (when connected)
- Stops the connection.
- Refresh
- Performs a refresh on the selected node.
- Site Nodes / Sub-site Nodes
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- Copy location
- Allows you to copy (to the clipboard) an application-specific URL for the resource that can then be used for various actions, such as opening or transforming the resources.
- Refresh
- Performs a refresh on the selected node.
- Folder Level Nodes
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- New File
- Creates a new file on the connection, in the current folder.
- New Folder
- Creates a new folder on the connection.
- Import Folders
- Imports folders on the server.
- Import Files
- Allows you to add a new file on the connection, in the current folder.
- Rename
- Renames the current resource
- Delete
- Deletes the current container.
- Refresh
- Performs a refresh on the selected node.
- Resource Level Nodes
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- Open
- Opens the selected resource in the editor.
- Open in System Application
- When you use this action, Oxygen XML Developer Eclipse plugin downloads the selected resource to a local temporary folder and opens the selected resource in the system application that is currently set as the default application associated with that type of resource. You can then edit the resource, save it, and when you switch the focus back to the Data Source Explorer view, Oxygen XML Developer Eclipse plugin will detect that there was a change and will ask if you want to upload the edited resource to the server.
- Copy location
- Allows you to copy (to the clipboard) an application-specific URL for the resource that can then be used for various actions, such as opening or transforming the resources.
- Check Out
- Checks out the selected document on the server.
- Check In
- Checks in the selected document on the server. This action opens the Check In dialog box. For SharePoint Online connections, you only have the option to enter a comment and click the Check In button to process it.
- For SharePoint (older version), the following options are available:
- Minor Version - Increments the minor version of the file on the server.
- Major Version - Increments the major version of the file on the server.
- Overwrite - Overwrites the latest version of the file on the server.
- Comment - Allows you to add a comment for a file that you check in.
- Discard Check Out
- Discards the previous checkout operation, making the file available to other
users.Important: Due to some API restrictions, the Discard Checkout action may not work when SharePoint Online connections are made directly to a sub-site.
- Rename
- Renames the current resource
- Delete
- Deletes the current container.
- Refresh
- Performs a refresh on the selected node.
- Compare
- Compares two selected resources.