[JS CS3] How to show xml tag attributes

[Tom Tomasko]

Hello,

I have a series of xml tags, all of which have attributes. Sometimes I want to see the attributes along with the tags in the structure bay, but sometimes I do not.

The following always hides the attributes:

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
myDoc.xmlViewPreferences.showStructure = true;
myDoc.xmlViewPreferences.showAttributes = false;

However, the following does not show the attributes unless I have already manually revealed them myself and then hid them (either manually or via script). How can make the attributes show?

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
myDoc.xmlViewPreferences.showStructure = true;
myDoc.xmlViewPreferences.showAttributes = true;

Thanks,

Tom

[Shonkyin-CF145T]

Your code is working on my system with Indesign CS3 5.0.4.

Make sure you have updated your Indesign CS3 with latest one.

Shonky

[Tom Tomasko]

I have the same version of CS3.

I have further—and strange—information.

In the structure pane there is a menu where there is an option to either show or hide the attributes. If I click on these I can close up the xml elements to hide the attributes or expand the elements to show the attributes, but the only ones that will expand are those that I have previously expanded by clicking on the little triangle next to the xml tag. So this works just like the script.

However, if I hold down the command key (on a Mac) and then click the parent tag (most cases this is the Story tag), then I can open up or close up all of the  child xml elements.

After I used the Command key-click-on-triangle trick, then the scripts to open or close the xml tags works just like I want them to.

Hmmm...so is there a way to script using the command key without actually using it?

Tom