Working with the Details Editor

The following hints are useful for working effectively with the CentraSite Details editor:

By default, you open the CentraSite Details editor by double-clicking on an element in one of the CentraSite navigation or list views. You can change the preference settings in CentraSite, if you prefer to open the editor by single-clicking on an element.

The Workbench allows you to have multiple editors open in the editor area. Thus, you can define and modify information on several elements in parallel. Any number of editors can be open, but only one can be active at a time.

To store changes made in the CentraSite Details editor, use the standard functions available in Eclipse. You can, for example, select File > Save in the main menu or type Ctrl+S. An asterisk (*) next to the element name on the editor tab indicates that the editor contains unsaved changes.

Unlike views, the editors cannot be dragged outside the Workbench. By default, the editors are stacked in the editor area. You can choose to tile them in order to view definitions of different elements next to each other. For detailed information on arranging the editors in the Eclipse Workbench, refer to the Workbench User Guide which comes with Eclipse.

In the CentraSite Details editor, the functionality is distributed across different tabs:

Each tab provides a toolbar in the upper right part of the tab. The functions provided in the toolbar depend on the tab that is displayed.

You can save the current contents of a tab to a file in HTML format. Using the

button, you can specify the path and name of the file in a dialog.

You can refresh the contents of a tab. The contents are automatically updated when the editor is reopened. However, sometimes it may be required to update the contents manually. Use the

button for this purpose, press the F5 key on your keyboard, or select the Refresh option from a table entry's context menu.

The table entries provide context menu options for working on the individual elements.

You can sort the entries in the tables by each column in ascending or descending alphabetical order by clicking the column headers. Using the

button, you can select the table columns to be displayed.

By double-clicking an element or selecting the Details option from its context menu, you can select the element and open its detailed definition in the CentraSite Details editor.