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:
- Choose Tools
Options
from the main window.
- Expand Editing
XML
NodeViewType.
- Right-click the node for an existing node view and choose Copy.
- Right-click the NodeViewType node and choose Paste
Copy.
A new node appears under NodeViewType. You can then customize its name and
filters.
To customize a node view:
- Choose Tools
Options
from the main window.
- Expand Editing
XML
NodeViewType
and select a node view.
- 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.
- 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.
- Use the Group Nodes and Show Whitespace property to set whether the node
view groups its nodes and shows ignorable whitespace.
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