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Content Editor changes

A description of the new and improved editor behavior that you can expect with this release.

Improved copy/paste- XML support on the clipboard
With this version, we put the XML structure on the system clipboard when copying in Content Editor . This enables users to copy from one document to another without the loss of any information. In the old situation, sometimes information about the structure was lost since content was copied as HTML, and converted back into XML upon pasting into the editor. As not all structures that can be described in XML can be represented in HTML, this extra conversion caused the content to be pasted differently than expected.This problem was especially noticeable when copying and pasting tables.
New documentation for implementers
With this release we've included a new Customization section in the product documentation (http://docs.sdl.com/ContentEditorCustomization ). This section is written with the intention to help you understand the possibilities and get started implementing Content Editor . Previously, we just provided API and configuration references.
A new dialog when you are pasting large amounts of content
To improve the user experience, if it is expected to take more than 1.5 seconds to paste content, then we now show a dialog to inform the user that the application is busy pasting content.
New configuration for an equation-block element
The DITA 1.3 element equation-block is a specialization of the paragraph element (topic/p). Because of that, we applied the paragraph element configuration to equation-block elements automatically. In the case of the paragraph role, the inherited configuration for the equation-block caused the equation-block element to be inserted too often. With the improved default configuration that includes specific configuration for the equation-block element, this element will only be inserted when appropriate.
New tooltip descriptions for DITA elements
The default DITA configuration now contains descriptions for most DITA elements, based on the descriptions from the DITA 1.3 standard. These descriptions will be shown as tooltips in the UI, and can be accessed using the XopusNode.getDescription API method.
Improved wording in the Content Editor UI
The More Content ribbon group is now renamed to the more specific All elements, and the Technical content ribbon group is renamed to the more correct Common elements. Note that the Common elements group can be customized to contain the elements your organization uses most often. This can be done using the overlay mechanism in the configuration.
You can now see the processing-role topicref attribute
In previous Content Editor versions, the processing-role attribute was given thehidden-from-ui role in the default configuration, causing it to be invisible in the properties panel. It is now shown by default, but only if the user has enabled the Authoring Attributes group in the Properties panel.