Renaming Element

To rename an element, do the following:

  1. Place the cursor on the element.

    Place the cursor inside the element in the Editing Window or click the element in the ContentMap.

  2. Call up the Rename Element Dialog.

    To call up the Rename Element Dialog, do one of the following:

    • Press Ctrl-R.

    • Choose Element > Rename Element .

    • Click the Rename Element button on the toolbar.

    • Right-click and select Rename Element from the context menu.

    The Rename Element Dialog will appear. The dialog shows an alphabetically sorted list of elements available for the current context if validation is on. The 5 most recently used elements are shown in bold at the top of the list.

    Figure 1. Rename Element Dialog.



  3. Select the new element.

    In the Rename Element Dialog, do one of the following:

    • Find the element and double-click it.

      Note:

      If you know exactly which element you need, you can start typing its name and it will be offered automatically.

      Tip:

      To find a proper element for insertion, move the mouse pointer over elements and see a tooltip with short help for each element.

    • Select the element and click the Rename button or the Rename Element button .

    • Select the element and press Enter.

    • Press Alt-number to pick a corresponding recently used element shown in bold.

    The original element will be renamed into this element.

Example. Renaming an element in the Editing Window.

Suppose we want to rename the itemizedlist element:
  1. Place the cursor in the para of a listitem.



  2. To move from the para element to the itemizedlist element, press Ctrl-UpArrow twice.

  3. Press Ctrl-R to call up the Rename Element Dialog.



  4. Let's turn our itemizedlist into orderedlist.

    Type " or" and the orderedlist will be offered.



  5. Press Enter or click the Rename button.

    The itemizedlist has been turned into the orderedlist.



Let's rename the orderedlist element:

  1. Click the orderedlist element in the ContentMap.



  2. To call up the Rename Element Dialog, right-click and select Rename Element from the context menu.

  3. In the Rename Element Dialog, select the itemizedlist element.

  4. The orderedlist is renamed into itemizedlist.



Related concepts
Editing Attributes
Collapsing and Expanding Elements
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Inserting Element
Wrapping Content in Element
Splitting Element
Joining Elements
Untagging Element
Deleting Element
Using Element Help
Using Attribute Help