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XPath editor preferences
This topic describes the possible options available to you when you use the XPath editor.
- Validation option:
- Validation when building XPath expressions
- Default: checked.
This option is used to perform validation each time you update the XPath expression. As validation requires re-parsing the expression against the XML Schema document you can turn this option off, for example, if you are dealing with very large complex XPath expressions.
- Content Assist display options:
- Show XML Schema model groups
- Default: not checked.
This option allows you to view XML schema model groups, or not.
- Show type in XML Schema tree
- Default: checked.
This option allows you to view the <type name> in both the Content Assist view and the XPath expression builder, or not.
- Show function parameters
- Default: checked.
This option allows you to have function parameters shown, or not.
- Show function return type
- Default: checked.
This option allows you to have function return types shown, or not.
- Show content assist description
- Default: checked.
This option allows you to view the description of a given selected entry in the Content Assist view, or not..
- Auto-Activation option:
- Enable auto activation
- Default: checked.When this option is active, the Content Assist field appears whenever the cursor is after one of the following:
- / - Forward slash character
- [ - left bracket character
- ( - Left parentheses character
- , - Comma character
You set the delay time, before the Content Assist field appears, in the Auto activation delay field. The time is in milliseconds and the range is a positive number between zero and 9999.
- Content assist color options:
This preference allows you to customize the background and foreground colors for the Content Assist fields. The default background color is (red, green, blue - 254, 241, 233) and the default foreground color is (red, green, blue - 0, 0, 0) - black.