Hedley Finger | 7 Jan 03:31
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[Serna] Maddeningly difficult to insert some DITA elements


I am currently writing a DITA Task topic.  Within a <step> element 
you can insert a <choicetable> element, which in turn can contain 
<chrow> elements, representing a row in a special two-column 
table.  When you insert the <chrow> element, Serna thoughtfully also 
inserts the two obligatory cell elements, <choption> and <chdesc>.

Trouble is, in Show Markup mode, the <chrow> element is suppressed 
for some reason.  It is nigh impossible to place the cursor to insert 
the next <chrow> element.  I have tried in the Show Markup and Hide 
Markup views, and the Content Map outline, but for some reason the 
cursor finishes up within the <step> element but never within the 
<choicetable> element after the previous <chrow>.  I prefer to try 
and keep in the document window and use the mouse as little as 
possible when entering content inititally.  But this inconvenience 
prevent that way of working.

Is anyone else experiencing this annoyance/bug?

Regards,
Hedley

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Paul Antonov | 7 Jan 21:22
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Re: [Serna] Maddeningly difficult to insert some DITA elements


Hedley,

this may be some stylesheet issue. We will check this out and let you know 
about the result.

Regards,

-- Paul

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Hedley Finger wrote:

>
> I am currently writing a DITA Task topic.  Within a <step> element you can 
> insert a <choicetable> element, which in turn can contain <chrow> elements, 
> representing a row in a special two-column table.  When you insert the 
> <chrow> element, Serna thoughtfully also inserts the two obligatory cell 
> elements, <choption> and <chdesc>.
>
> Trouble is, in Show Markup mode, the <chrow> element is suppressed for some 
> reason.  It is nigh impossible to place the cursor to insert the next <chrow> 
> element.  I have tried in the Show Markup and Hide Markup views, and the 
> Content Map outline, but for some reason the cursor finishes up within the 
> <step> element but never within the <choicetable> element after the previous 
> <chrow>.  I prefer to try and keep in the document window and use the mouse 
> as little as possible when entering content inititally.  But this 
> inconvenience prevent that way of working.
>
> Is anyone else experiencing this annoyance/bug?
>
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cherdn | 14 Jan 10:01
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Re: [Serna] Maddeningly difficult to insert some DITA elements

Hello Hedley,

We've fixed this bug. Thanks for your help.

Regards,
Daria

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Paul Antonov wrote:

>
> Hedley,
>
> this may be some stylesheet issue. We will check this out and let you know 
> about the result.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Paul
>
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Hedley Finger wrote:
>
>> 
>> I am currently writing a DITA Task topic.  Within a <step> element you can 
>> insert a <choicetable> element, which in turn can contain <chrow> elements, 
>> representing a row in a special two-column table.  When you insert the 
>> <chrow> element, Serna thoughtfully also inserts the two obligatory cell 
>> elements, <choption> and <chdesc>.
>> 
>> Trouble is, in Show Markup mode, the <chrow> element is suppressed for some 
>> reason.  It is nigh impossible to place the cursor to insert the next 
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