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#32628 - 05/06/09 05:45 PM XML selector - right click expand or collapse
-nth- Offline
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Registered: 04/01/03
Posts: 236
Loc: Lincoln, NE
When working with large XML files in Design or Watch, it would be handy to have a right click menu that would allow expanding and collapsing of the XML tree (or a selected element). Manually collapsing 100's of XML elements gets old real fast.

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#32629 - 05/06/09 09:03 PM Re: XML selector - right click expand or collapse
Philippe F. Offline
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Registered: 09/06/00
Posts: 1984
Loc: Objectif Lune, Montreal, Qc
The feature is already available. Select any node in the Tree and press the - (minus) key on the numeric keypad to collapse all its sub-elements. Pressing the + (plus) key on the numeric keypad will expand it again to the previous view state.

Pressing the * (asterisk) on the keypad expands the entire sub-tree, regardless of the previous view-state, while pressing / (slash) collapses all sub-elements.

By the way, these are the same shortcuts as those used in Windows Explorer when navigating through folders and subfolders... just don't press * on your root C:\ folder, it takes an eternity to process! :p .
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#32630 - 05/07/09 04:57 PM Re: XML selector - right click expand or collapse
-nth- Offline
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Registered: 04/01/03
Posts: 236
Loc: Lincoln, NE
Keyboard shortcuts???

That's even better than a right click menu! laugh

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