This document is outlining features in current version of JBoss Tools Visual Page Editor based on XULRunner
( it is work in progress, feel free to comment if something is missing )
- Source editing has highest priority and is not interrupted by visual part rendering
- Incremental update after after changes in source code
- Navigation in source by selecting elements in visual part
- Navigation in visual part by selection or cursor positioning in source code
- Editing text nodes in visual part
- Editing element position by DnD inside visual part
- Add new page elements using DnD from Palette to visual part with graphical feedback marking drop location over current content
- Add new page elements using DnD from Palette to source with virtual cursor beam marking actual location of new element after drop
- Accept DnD in source code only between nodes
- Element selector with resize markers
- Drill down navigation for template based pages or inclusions
- Hide/show invisible elements on page
- Simple Style Editing Support in internal visual part toolbar
- Navigation Bar for nodes hierarchy
- Toggle manual/automatic update for visual part after source's changes
- Support presentation for template based pages
- Pop up menu with context actions for visual part
- Template based source transformation to show none html elements in visual part
- Hovers for elements under mouse pointer
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