Article body
The article body holds the bulk of the content of an article, commonly known as below-the-fold.
The content on this page is meant to look mostly like what the rendered page will be like, except for some minor spacing differences. When elements are selected, an Element block will appear above the element or in its parent's one, allowing the element to be edited or its place in the article structure to be changed. Tables have an extra column to allow rows to be selected, and selected elements in an aside will be expanded to almost fill the width of page to give space to their edit boxes. Press Ctrl | control+F to open a search box for the page.
The introduction belonging to the article has a greyed backgrounds to indicate that it is edited in the Article head page for the article itself.
For the details of how to edit articles, see Editing help.
Navigation bar△
Descriptions of the navigation bar items.
| # | Area | Description |
|---|---|---|
| a | Owner path | Version owner hierarchy |
| b | Version navigation | Stage and jumps between versions of the article, and undo to remove the latest version and return to the previous one |
| c | Phase details | Various details of the current phase |
Owner path△
The article body navigation bar provide jumps to the pages for it and its hierarchy of owners.
| # | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subsite | Owning subsite identifier as a jump to its entry in the Access section in the Work list page, with its category list expanded |
| 2 | Category | Owning category identifier as a jump to its entry in the Access section in the Work list page, with its article list expanded |
| 3 | Article | Article identifier as a jump to its entry in the Access section in the Work list page. New for a new article |
| 4 | Version | Version identifier as a jump back to its entry in the versions list of the History page |
Version navigation△
The article body navigation bar facilitates navigating between versions.
| # | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stage | Version's stage in the page's lifecycle |
| 2 | View | Link to a special non-public view of the current version. It will have a highlighted notice indicating its status |
| 3 | Previous | Jump to the previous version in this page. Only shown if there are earlier versions |
| 4 | Next | Jump to the next version in this page. Only shown if there are later versions other than the latest |
| 5 | Latest | Jump to the latest version in this page. Only shown if there are later versions |
| 6 | Undo | Undo the last operation by deleting the current version and jumping to the previous version. Requires a subsequent click on Confirm to do the delete. Only available for the current WIP version if it is not the first or only WIP version |
| 7 | Add file | Jump to the add file view of the Files page. Only shown for the master manager while editing in the master locale |
There is no Undo button if the viewed version is a draft. Drafts can only be deleted in the Version list of the History page, except if it is the only version after the latest release, in which case the editing must be abandoned.
Phase details△
The article body navigation bar holds the details of the current phase.
| # | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phase | Current editing phase as a jump to the article's entry in the In-progress section of the Work list page |
| 2 | Locale | Locale being processed by the current phase. Only shown if an assigned phase |
| 3 | User ID | User identifier of the person assigned the current phase. If not an assigned phase, Manager is shown |
| 4 | Due | Duration in which the task is expected to be completed. Only shown for an assigned phase |
Links and hover buttons△
There are some links for special navigation between page areas and checkboxes for exposing the hover buttons.
| # | Area | Description |
|---|---|---|
| a | Spikes | Spike number | number of items. Links to each spike with items |
| b | Sources | Link to the sources for the document. Includes the number of sources. The target of this link links back to this |
| c | Legend | Link to the floating edit bar legend. The target of this link links back to this |
| d | Elements | Checkbox to show the indicators for where the hover buttons are above. Press Alt | option+Shift+_ to toggle |
| e | Children | Checkbox to show the hover buttons of all the children of the current element. Press Alt | option+Shift+# to toggle |
| f | △ | Link to the top of the page |
| g | Hover button | The hidden button that is shown when hovered over or tabbed to. When clicked on, its element is made current. They are prefixed with a checkbox for use with the multi-delete facility |
| h | Indicator | Partially transparent square to hover over to show the hover button. Green if the element is enabled, and red for automatically disabled. Usually at the start side for an element, a couple of centimetres in for an introduction, and at the end side for non-visual parent elements like columns |
Hover buttons are the key to allowing the page to look almost like how the resulting page will look, while providing ready access to elements for editing. For tables, a special column is placed at the end to allow hover buttons for selecting rows. If a hover button has a ʘ after the name, there are review notes for it or a descendant.
Hover buttons can sometimes make it difficult to access an underlying element that still has active functionality while editing, like the labels on a figure. To use the link on a PC desktop, click-and-hold on the hover button, then move the mouse cursor off it and release, leaving the hover button with focus. Then press the Tab key to move focus to the link, then press the Enter | return key to go to the link's target.
Element block△
The element block that appears for a selected element or its ancestors provides information about the element and gives access to operations centred upon it.
Selecting an aside or columns will leave its child elements at their normal width, but when one of those children is selected, it will be displayed at almost full page width so its editing box is not cramped.
Other facilities△
There are other items at the bottom of the page that enable accessing source articles and provide extra information for the page.
| # | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sources | List of jumps to the sources available for content to import into the article. If a master manager, additional articles can be added, up to three. The source article's page includes a jump back under its introduction line for each article sourcing from it |
| 2 | Legend | List of the symbols used in an action bar of an element, and their purpose. Links back to a the Legend link under the page introduction line |
| 3 | Available elements | List of elements that can be inserted inline in rich text elements using the codes or letters provided. Links back to Elements link above the editing field for the current element |
Having selected an article to be used as a source, and jumping to it from the Sources list, under its Navigation bar there is a list of jumps to each article for which it is a source, allowing a quick return to the article requiring the content.