Creating and Editing a Node View

You can create a new node view in the IDE by copying an existing node view and customizing its properties.

To create a new node view:

  1. Choose Tools and choose Options from the main window.
  2. Expand Editing and expand XML and expand NodeViewType.
  3. Right-click the node for an existing node view and choose Copy.
  4. Right-click the NodeViewType node and choose Paste and choose Copy. A new node appears under NodeViewType. You can then customize its name and filters.
To customize a node view:
  1. Choose Tools and choose Options from the main window.
  2. Expand Editing and expand XML and expand NodeViewType and select a node view.
  3. Use the Name property and the Short Description property to set the display name for the node view and a short description of what data it filters out.
  4. Click the ellipsis (...) button in the Node Filter property to specify which data the node view filters out. The Node Filter property editor show a list of node types. If the "are in list" radio button is selected, the listed node types are displayed. If the "are not in list" radio button is selected, the listed node types are hidden and all other node types are displayed. You can add a new node type to the list clicking the Add button. To change an existing node type, select it and choose a new node type from the combo box. Click OK when you are finished.
  5. Use the Group Nodes and Show Whitespace property to set whether the node view groups its nodes and shows ignorable whitespace.
See also:
XML Nodes in the Explorer
The Text Editor
The Tree Editor

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