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The XML editor graph view contains a very useful view of the information in an XML document and is preferable, in my eyes, to working in the XML source view. The view breaks down in authoring situations such as using DITA or DocBook when large text children are required. In this case the XML graph view scrolls a single line of text. This makes it very difficult to use the view. I'd like to suggest an enhancement where the editor remains as is by default but, when the mouse hovers over the text the section is expanded allowing the complete contents to be edited. (This can also be implemented by a button option or some other mechanism, the mouse hover is just a suggestion.)
Created attachment 28161 [details] Rough mockup of the XML editor enhancement I've proposed in this bug
Interesting ... I agree something needs to be done, but I know its hard to get a solution that doesn't "bounce around" too much.
The UI looks a bit...busy with all that text. Still, a patch implementing this would go a long way toward convincing me it's really useful.
*** Bug 83073 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***