The Element Tree

The pane on the left hand side of the editor contains a tree showing the current structure of the menu resource. The tree can be expanded and collapsed as required.

The elements are represented by different icons according to their type. Right-clicking on an element displays a context menu containing a subset of the options displayed in the toolbar.

To insert a new element:

Select the element into which you want to insert a new element.
Select the Insert tool in the toolbar. A pull-down menu is displayed listing the element types you can insert at this point.
Select the element type you want to insert.

A new element of the selected type is added to the tree and automatically selected. Use the attribute editor (see The Attribute Editor) to set the new element's attributes.

The element tree may contain the following element types:

menu: The root menudef element may contain any number of menu elements, each representing a different menu.
section: The section element represents a menu option associated with one of the publication's sections (and optionally, submenus associated with the section's sub-sections).
article: The article element represents a menu option associated with one of the content items in the publication.
link: The link element represents a link to an external URL.
space: The space element represents a spacer of some kind in a menu.
includeMenu: The includeMenu element can be used to include one menu in another, thus making it possible to re-use menus.