Mark, "Perspective" was both a a menu and a toolbar in v11.2. In v12 the actions from the "Perspective" menu were moved to the "Window" menu. The "Perspective" toolbar remained in v12. "Configure Toolbars" is used(as the name suggests) only for toolbars. It's true that some of the toolbar names there probably mirror menu names but that's just a coincidence, they are not the same. I'm guessing that what happens is that there are too many items in the toolbar on a row and they cannot all fit on that row so they get "compacted" and a drop down arrow appears and hides the toolbar icons that could not be fit. This way of cascading toolbars is a fallback for toolbars that won't fit so it's not exactly user friendly. Simply hide unused toolbars or spread them across several rows to resolve this. A screenshot would clarify the situation even better. If possible then please send one to support@oxygenxml.com if you want to keep it off the user-list. Adrian Buza oXygen XML Editor and Author support Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202 Fax: +40-251-461482 support@oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com Mark wrote:
Hello Adrian, Thanks for your answer. Not quite: I want Perspective to appear in the menu as in earlier versions.
I am using <oXygen/> XML Editor 12.0, build 2010091411 on Windows Vista. I have not set any options differently than I did for version 11. Oxygen opens in the editor. Unlike earlier versions, Perspective does not appear in the top menu, even though it is checked in the Configure Toolbars dialog. There are only two ways I can open the debugger:
1. Doing this makes the icons appear on the right end of the toolbar initially. If I left-click on the toolbar itself, the dropdown always shows Perspective without a yellow box and checkmark. If I click on the dropdown Perspective, the four perspective icons appear at the right of the toolbar, just after the Search icons. When I click on the debugger icon, the debugger opens and the four perspective icons immediately shift to the far left. When I finish with the debugger and click on the editor icon, the four icons disappear. Clicking on the toolbar again shows Perspective in the dropdown again without a yellow box and checkmark. The yellow box and checkmark remain only so long as the debugger is open.
2. Doing this makes the icons appear on the left end of the toolbar initially. Or, if from the editor, I click on Window->Open Perspective->XSLT Debugger, the four icons appear at the left end of the toolbar.
In either case, clicking on the editor icon causes the icons for the other perspectives to disappear. In no case does the Perspective menu item ever appear in the top menu (as it did in earlier versions). What I have is: File Edit Find Project Options Tools Document Window Help.
I use the editor and the debugger extensively when I am doing development and am finding this situation very awkward and clumsy.
Hope this is clearer, Mark
-----Original Message----- From: Adrian Buza Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 12:14 AM To: Mark Cc: oxygen-user@oxygenxml.com Subject: Re: [oXygen-user] Perspective
Hi Mark,
So, if I understand correctly, you want to keep the Debugger toolbars(Debugger status, control and engine) when switching to the XML perspective? These toolbars are only available in the XSLT Debugger perspective. If you need these toolbars when editing, it is simpler to stay in the XSLT Debugger perspective and just make visible the other toolbars(Validate, Transformation, etc) and views(Project, Outliner, etc) that you need. You can show any view from the main menu: Window -> Show View -> ... When switching the perspective, the layout of the previous perspective(toolbars and views) is saved so you only have to configure it once.
Let me know if I misunderstood and you were trying to achieve something else.
Regards, Adrian
Adrian Buza oXygen XML Editor and Author support
Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.202 Fax: +40-251-461482 support@oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com
Mark wrote:
I have tried to force the XSLT debugger to stay on the toolbar (setting in in "Window" and in "Configure Toolbar"). Every time I return to the XML editor window, the debugger disappears from the toolbar. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks, Mark
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