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Context menus (XML Schema Explorer)

A context menu is the menu that appears when you right-click on something. The following context menu items are used to perform schema-specific searches and other operations.

Node type: Schema set

The following table describes the options that are available for a schema set node.

Option Description
Show Most Likely Root Elements Finds and highlights all global elements that are not referenced from global elements other than themselves.
Show Global Types Finds and highlights all global types in the schema set.
Show Global Elements Finds and highlights all global elements in the schema set.
Properties Window Opens the Properties window (if it is not already open). This window displays information about the node.

Node type: Namespace

The following table describes the options that are available for a namespace node.

Option Description
Show All Inbound References Finds and highlights files that import the selected namespace.
Show All Outbound References For every file in the selected namespace, finds and highlights the following:

- All namespaces referenced in import statements without a schemaLocation attribute.
- All files in namespaces other than the selected one that are specified in the schemaLocation attribute in import and include statements.
Show Global Types Finds and highlights all global types in the selected namespace.
Show Global Elements Finds and highlights all global elements in the selected namespace.
Properties Window Opens the Properties window (if it is not already open). This window displays information about the node.

Node type: File

The following table describes the options that are available for a file node.

Option Description
Show All Inbound References Finds and highlights all files that specify the selected file in the schemaLocation attributes of their include and import statements.
Show All Outbound References Finds and highlights the following:

- All namespaces specified in the namespace attributes of all import statements that do not have the schemaLocation attribute.
- All files specified in the schemaLocation attributes of all import and include statements.
Show Global Types Finds and highlights all global types in this file.
Show Global Elements Finds and highlights all global elements in this file.
View Code Opens the file that contains the selected node in the XML editor. The item that is selected in the XML Schema Explorer will also be selected in the XML editor.
Properties Window Opens the Properties window (if it is not already open). This window displays information about the node.

All global node types

The following table describes the options that are available for all global nodes.

Option Description
Show in Graph View Opens the Graph View. If the selected node is not in the workspace, adds it to the workspace and selects the node.
Show in Content Model View Opens the Content Model View. If the selected node is not in the workspace, adds it to the workspace and selects the node.
View Code Opens the file that contains the selected node in the XML editor. The item that is selected in the XML Schema Explorer will also be selected in the XML editor.
Properties Window Opens the Properties window (if it is not already open). This window displays information about the node.

Node type: Element

In addition to the global node options described above, the context menu for element nodes has the following options:

Option Description
Go To Type Definition Navigates to the type definition of the selected element. This is applicable when the type that is used for the element is a global type.
Go To The Original Element For element references, navigates to the actual definition of the element.
Show All References For global elements, finds and highlights all references (elements that have ref="selectedElement") to the selected element.
Show Members Of Substitution Group For heads of a substitution group, finds and highlights all elements that are members of the substitution group of which the selected element is a member. This shows direct and indirect participants.
Show Substitution Group Heads For global elements that are members of a substitution group, finds and highlights all direct and indirect heads for the selected element, such as the following:

- A substitution group head specified on the selected element.
- A substitution group head specified on its head element.
Generate Sample XML Available only for global elements. Generates a sample XML file for the global element.

Node type: Global types

In addition to the global node options described above, the context menu for global type nodes has the following options:

Option Description
Show Base Type If the selected type is derived from a global type, navigates to the base type of the selected type.
Show All References Finds and highlights all references to the selected type. This includes elements and attributes of the selected type and types derived from the selected type.
Show All Derived Types Finds and highlights all types that are directly and indirectly derived from the selected type.
Show All Ancestors Show all parent (base) types.

Node type: Attribute

In addition to the global node options described above, the context menu for attribute nodes has the following options:

Option Description
Go To Type Definition When the type that is used for the attribute is a global type, navigates to the type definition of the selected attribute.
Go To The Original Attribute For attribute references, navigates to the actual definition of the attribute.
Show All References For global attributes, finds and highlights all references (other attributes that have ref="selectedAttribute") to the selected attribute.

Node type: Attribute group

In addition to the global node options described above, the context menu for attribute group nodes has the following options:

Option Description
Go To Definition For references, navigates to the actual definition of the attribute.
Show All Members Finds and highlights all members of the attribute group.
Show All References Finds and highlights all references (attribute groups that have ref="selectedAttributeGroup") to the selected attribute group.

Node type: Named group

In addition to the global node options described above, the context menu for named group nodes has the following options:

Option Description
Go To Definition For references, navigates to the actual definition of the attribute.
Show All Members Finds and highlights all members of the named group.
Show All References Finds and highlights all references (groups that have ref="selectedGroup") to the selected group.

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