The Main Window is where you are viewing and editing all documents in XML Spy. Since XML Spy is a true Windows application, it allows you to open any number of XML documents simultaneously, so you may typically have more than one main window at any time. If you are opening multiple documents, you can simply switch between them, by clicking on the any part of the window you wish to bring to the front. You can also use the commands on the Window menu to organize your windows. If your windows are maximized, you'll notice that XML Spy also provides convenient tabs to let you switch between all open document windows. You can also use the right mouse-button to get a context-menu when you click on one of the tabs (e.g. to close a window). XML Spy provides four advanced views on your documents: an Enhanced Grid View for strucutred editing, a Database/Table view that shows repeated elements in a tabular fashion, a Text View with syntax-coloring for low-level work, and an integrated Browser View that supports both CSS and XSL style-sheets. To switch any main window between the different views, you can use the commands on the View menu or the corresponding toolbar buttons. Please note, that you may often want to use different views for different windows, depending on the type of file you are working with (e.g. XSLT files are better suited for Text view, HTML files are typically displayed in the Browser view, etc.). You can set your personal default view on a per-file-type basis in the File Type page on the Settings dialog. |
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