Build and Release NotesList of recently released DITA Storm versions with open defects and suggested enhancements. v2.0 RC12
DITA Storm is now featuring context-sensitive Insert menu (which can be opened with familiar Ctrl+Space combination with convenient as-you-type element filtering.
Cursor handling logic have been updated
Resource compiler is now included into editor distribution package
v2.0 RC11
Editor now features ability to go directly to the DITA element specification page by clicking 'Element Help' on the popup menu or from element properties window.
More generic 'Enter' key handling introduced. See Basic Editing section for details.
Introduced ability to quickly exit current element buy pressing Ctrl+Enter or Esc.
Typing in topic body now automatically create a paragraph (user error message removed).
Number of minor defects fixed.
v2.0 RC10
Undo operation implemented, you can use corresponded button on the toolbar, Ctrl+Z or equivalent.
"Print" button is now available on the toolbar
Activated image is now gets outlined
Number of selection handling enhancements
Delete/backspace handling improvements
DITA XML element and XSL customization documentation is now available on the site.
Number of usability issues and defects have been fixed.
v2.0 RC9
DITA Reference support has been added.
Introduced ability to retrieve indentation-formatted XML. See JavaScript API section for details. This option will be enabled by default on Free Online Editor.
Implemented prolog/metadata//* DITA elements
Two new editing modes have been introduced 'Outline' and 'XML'. Outline represents DITA as a XML node tree. XML mode enables plain-text editing of DITA content.
Number of usability issues and defects have been fixed.
v2.0 RC8
DTD location in DOCTYPE can now be set from toolbar
Fixed: Element 'source' in 'prolog' does not get inserted properly
Empty Element Marker handling has been revisited. Element active no longer collapses if it looses the cursor.
Fixed: Firefox 'Paste from OS Clipboard' dialog does not respect window scrolling position.
Element 'injection' algorithm has been updated. Inserting 'section' into 'note' (with note splitting) and similar operations are more relevant now.
Fixed: Incorrect behavior of 'Del' key. In some cases it merges following element in as oppose to working with ones available in the element body.
v2.0 RC7
Fixed some of the Home/End/Up/Down key issues.
Added and documented 'content modified' indicator. JavaScript interface is now available.
Added locktitle attribute to 'topicref'.
Exposed 'ditastorm.conref' extension point to allow for custom conref/href lookup functionality.
Published JavaScript API and Customization section.
Updated 'topicref' XSL template to indicate status of the topicref item.
Fixed: Shift+Up/Down selection does not select text correctly if positioned inside the table.
Fixed: Property window looses focus when new element gets created via insert or apply.
Firefox popup windows switched to 'alwaysRaised' mode.
Implement tooltips on toolbar buttons.
Add on-delete confirmation dialog for major elements (note, section, topic...) according to what's specified in model.xml
Implement 'acceptCursor' pass-thru to the child elements. E.g. when list gets activated first list item should accept the cursor.
v2.0 RC6
Added 'dl', 'info' and 'copyright' elements with corresponded childs.
Can not insert cursor using mouse after last block element in block. For example: <p><note/><note/>|</p>
Implement DOCTYPE support
Add DOCTYPE support to online editor.
Show warnings when certain element can not be pasted in or element can not be applied to selection.
Cut/Delete operations allow deletion of required elements like 'title' in 'topic'.
Fixed: namespaced attributed do not get saved correctly.
Fixed: copied 'note' does not get properly inserted into regular text.
Fixed: activating and deleting 'shortdesc' removes topic body.
Basic implementation of Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End for by-page navigation.
Fixed: editor does not properly handle situations when selection is complete but cursor moves (from keyboard) without copy/cut operation. Only found in Firefox
v2.0 RC5
Implment shortcuts Ctrl+B/I/U/Q operations
Provide ability to configure keyboard Ctrl+* shortcuts for any element defined model.xml.
Pressing Ctrl+B inside of Ctrl+B creates nested 'b' elements as oppose to what clicking on toolbar does - unwrapping 'b'.
Usability: when whole text of the element is selected, operations should target entier element not just selected text.
Fixed: When selection starts right at he position of the cursor, selection markers get injected right into the sursor SPAN.
Scroll window with cursor when it moves outside of visible area.
Fixed: Special characters does not get saved correctly when chunks of the document copy/pasted from MS Office document get saved.
Fixed: Traversing cursor backwards in "<li><q>text" does not put cursor between 'q' and 'li'. (as oppose to when traversing forward).
Fixed: Selecting area and attempting to get list of "insert" items does not show list of available options (at least Firefox).