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Workspace DITA Map Tree Editor

The Content Fusion Personal Workspace includes a specialized DITA map tree editor where you can easily modify the structure of a publication using various mouse, keyboard, toolbar, and contextual menu actions.

To open and edit the DITA map defined in the particular publication in a tree editor, select the publication in the Publications side-view (inside the personal workspace) and click the Open in editor button next to the drop-down control.

General Features

When the map is open in the tree editor, the following general features are available:

An icon that represents its type of DITA resource is displayed on the left side of each topic or map reference. For example, a DITA Map is displayed with the icon, a DITA Topic is displayed with , a DITA Task is displayed with , etc. If the referenced topic is missing or not well-formed XML, an error icon is presented instead.
When you expand a topic or map reference, topic titles for the child topic references are computed and presented as the reference is expanded.
Hovering over a topic reference presents a tooltip with information about the reference, such as the path of the file, any defined key name, key reference, key scope, processing role, or profiling attributes that are set on the topic reference or inherited by it. If the referenced topic is missing or not well formed XML, the tooltip presents details about the problem.
You can drag an external link and drop it within the map to quickly insert a reference.
You can use drag and drop to move topic references and organize the map content.

Toolbar Actions

When the map is open in the tree editor, the following actions are available on the toolbar:

Undo: Reverses the most recent change.

Redo

Repeats the most recent change.

More drop-down

This extra menu includes the following:

Download: Downloads the currently edited DITA map.
Edit in Author Mode: Switches to the Author visual editing mode.
Report Problem: Opens a dialog box that allows you to write the description of a problem that was encountered while using the application. You can also select additional information to be sent to the technical support team within the various tabs.

Edit Properties

Opens a dialog box where you can change the reference type or edit attributes for the currently selected reference.

Edit Profiling Attributes

Opens a dialog box where you can edit profiling attributes for the currently selected reference.

Topic Reference

Inserts a new topic reference at the specified location.

Remove Reference

Deletes the selected reference.

Move Up

Move the reference up.

Move Down

Move the reference up.

Promotes

Promotes the reference one level.

Demote

Demotes the reference one level.

Show Profiling Attributes

Displays profiling information directly on the reference.

Contextual Menu

You can right-click items in the map and the following possible contextual menu actions are available:

Edit Properties: Opens a dialog box where you can edit attributes/properties for the currently selected reference.
Edit Profiling Attributes: Opens a dialog box where you can select profiling attributes for the currently selected reference.
Append child/Insert before/Insert after > New: Creates a new DITA topic or map in the connected document storage and inserts a reference to it.
Append child/Insert before/Insert after > Topic Reference: Inserts a new topic reference at the specified location.
Append child/Insert before/Insert after > Key Definition For Topic Reference: Opens a dialog box where you can configure a new key name and browse for an associated topic reference. A key definition that contains the defined key/topic reference combination will be inserted.
Append child/Insert before/Insert after > Key Definition with Keyword (Variable): Opens a dialog box where you can configure a new key name with an associated keyword value that will be inserted as a key definition that contains the defined key/value combination.
Append child/Insert before/Insert after > Map Reference: Inserts a reference to a DITA map.
Append child/Insert before/Insert after > Topic Head: Inserts a topic heading with a specified title.
Append child/Insert before/Insert after > Chapter, Part: Inserts a chapter or part reference at the specified location inside a bookmap.
Append child > Frontmatter, Appendix, Backmatter: Inserts a specific type of bookmap reference inside a bookmap.
Cut/Copy: Cuts or copies one or multiple selected references to the clipboard.
Paste/Paste before/Paste after: Pastes clipboard content inside, before, or after a reference.
Remove Reference: Deletes the selected reference.
Undo/Redo: Reverses or repeats the most recent change using the available actions or the regular keyboard shortcuts.
Organize > Move Up/Down/Promote/Demote: Moves references up, down, promotes them, or demotes them.
Show Profiling Attributes: Displays profiling information directly on the reference.
Hide Excluded Content: Hides content excluded by the specified profiling attributes for the reference.
Collapse all: Collapses all levels on the currently selected reference.