The image element
About
The image element contains a reference to an image file in Skribenta.
Creating a new image element
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What you can do
You can do the following tasks on the image element:
The tasks you can do depends on your user role.
Changing image
The image element references an existing image file in Skribenta. It is possible to change the reference to another existing image file in Skribenta.
On the Image toolbar, click Href. In the File box, browse to the image file you want to use.
Select the file in navigation frame and press Ctrl+C, put the cursor in the File box and press Ctrl+V. The ID (resource ID) of the image file is pasted.
Setting publish width
It is possible to set how big you want the image to be in the published output, such as a PDF.
On the Image toolbar, click Href. In the Publish width box type a width value, such as 100%.
Setting image size on screen
It is possible to set how big you want the image to be on the screen.
On the Image toolbar, click Href. In the Screen width box type a width value in pixels.
You can also resize the image by clicking on the image and click-and-drag on the handle in the upper right corner.
Adding a descriptive label
It is possible to add a descriptive label on the image element. The label is added as a value to the Alt attribute on the image element. A label can be used, for example, as a tooltip on the image in HTML output.
On the Image toolbar, click Href. In the Description box, write the label.
Working with attributes
You can add metadata to the image element to distinguish it from other image elements. You might, for example, want to style the content of a specific image element differently compared to other image elements.
To add metadata, you add a value for an XML attribute, such as the class or type attribute.
The available XML attributes in Skribenta are class, type, label, id, condition, xml:lang, data-emoji and data.
Classifying the image element
You can add a value to the class attribute to specify what purpose an element has. Furthermore, you can, for example, set the class attribute value to spare-part-list for a table to say that the table contains spare part components.
A number of elements in Skribenta has a value for the class attribute when you create them. For example, the wrapper element.
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class = note: Makes a note wrapper containing information that is important to highlight.
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class = warning: Makes a warning wrapper to inform about dangerous aspects of handling a product.
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class = figure: Makes a figure wrapper often containing an image with a title.
Skribenta can be configured to let you select attribute values from a predefined list, which can be specific for a given element.
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Typing the image element
Various values can be added to the type attribute for an element to specify that it belongs to a specific type.
A specific type on, for example, a table element allows to style the table differently in a PDF compared to other tables. For example, setting the attribute type to Big is a common way to allow a table span across side margins in a PDF to make the table bigger.
The type attribute can have one or more values. The type attribute is often used in conjunction to the class attribute to specify different types of element of the same class.
Skribenta can be configured to let you select attribute values from a predefined list, which can be specific for a given element.
For instructions, see:
Labelling the image element
You can put a label on an element to make the content of the element, for example, context-sensitive (the behavior depends on the style sheet). To label the element, you set a value for the label attribute on the Attributes > Label tab.
Making the image element unique
It is possible to make an element uniquely identifiable in the content file or configuration file. An element ID is represented by a unique value for the id attribute on the element.
An element ID is unique since several elements in the same content file or configuration file cannot have the same element ID.
To make a link to another target element, the target element must have an element ID.
The first character in the element ID must be a letter or an underscore.
It is possible to let Skribenta generate element IDs automatically on certain elements (maintitle, section, table, figure wrapper and block wrapper), in content files and configuration files.
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Conditionalizing the image element
It is possible to conditionalize an element, and thereby all the content in the element, by adding a Condition attribute to the element.
By using a variable in the condition, the condition can be evaluated differently depending on the variable value defined in the publication's configuration file. You can then use the same content file in multiple publications, and let the variable value control the published output.
Setting a condition on the include element is not recommended. Instead, set the condition on the included file's maintitle if the condition applies to all places the file is included. If the condition do not apply for all the different places an included file is reused, wrap the include element in an if-wrapper element.
Setting language on the image element
You can set an explicit language on elements containing content written on another language compared to the language in the rest of the content file.
Content in elements having a set language are ignored when translating. Thus, when publishing translations, the content in elements having a set language is always kept as is.
Select the explicit language for the element on the Attributes > Language tab.
Adding an icon on the image element
You can add an icon on an element to make it visually stand out in your content file to, for example, locate it easily when editing many elements.
Select an icon for the element on the Attributes > Icons tab.
Setting a user-specific attribute value on the image element
You can add custom metadata to an element to process it in some specific way. Apart from the standard XML attributes in Skribenta, it is possible to set user-specific attribute values using the data attribute.
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Viewing all attribute values set on the image element
On the image toolbar, click Attributes > All to display the list of all attribute values on the image element.
Deleting an attribute value set on the image element
It is possible to delete an attribute from an element in your file.
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Hiding the image element
It is possible to hide and unhide inline content, such as single inline words, in a file without applying conditions. The content set to hidden is not visible in the final published publication. Hiding content is useful in cases you need to publish a draft version for someone else, and you do not want to show content that is not ready for others.
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Cutting the image element
It is possible to cut content in a file to the clipboard in different ways. It is possible to:
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cut content in an element to the clipboard
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cut one or several elements (including all their content) to the clipboard.
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Copying the image element
It is possible to copy content in the file to the clipboard in different ways. It is possible to:
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copy content in an element to the clipboard
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copy one or several elements (including all their content) to the clipboard.
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Pasting the image element
It is possible to paste content from the clipboard to the file.
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Generating a used-by report
It is possible to generate a list of all files that are including and/or linking to your file.
When a file is included in another file, which is used in a publication, the list also shows the publication.
When a file is only linked to from another file, which is used in a publication, the used-by list do not show the publication.
You can also get a list of files using a particular image file.
You can generate a used-by report either from the file itself in the workspace, or from the include, link and image element pointing to a file.
It is possible to generate a list of all files and publications a translation, improvement and extension project is linking to.
A used-by list opens in a new tab. For each listed file in this tab, you can generate a used-by list.
Files in hidden include, link or image element are not shown in the used-by list.
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Downloading the image
It is possible to export files and folders to a destination outside Skribenta. A folder is downloaded as a compressed ZIP file.
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Replacing the file
It is possible to replace an existing file in Skribenta by uploading a file outside Skribenta on your local computer.
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