Opening a resource on a separate tab (maximizing)

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.

Or
An image file is created (by uploading or dragging-and-dropping it) in the workspace.

Or
A folder is created in the workspace.

Or
You have created a publication.

Or
You have created a publication group.

Your need

You can reach a file in many ways:

By expanding publications, content files, links, and includes
By expanding folders, files, links, and includes
By searching for files on the server
By expanding links in the Overview
By clicking on the Used by and Is using buttons in a file/image toolbar

A file will be presented in a context, sometimes deep down in nested expansions.

Sometimes you would like to focus on one file only and skip everything around it. This feature is called "Maximizing a file". It will create a separate view, containing just one file.

You can have several files in different views. It does not matter in which view you are updating the file - it is the same file!

The possibility

A technical writer's task will often involve several files. The files can be reached by links or include elements and presented in different expansions. The writer then needs to scroll up and down when working inside the different files.

An alternative is to maximize each file and have quick access to them by just stepping through the views. Each view has a current caret position which means you can continue to edit each file at the different positions.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to open a resource on a separate tab or maximize a resource.

The result

This is the Navigation frame before opening a file on a separate tab:

This is the Navigation frame after opening a file on a separate tab:

Overall steps

Browse to your resource and select it, then press Ctrl+M or click the resource name in the breadcrumb.

Time

Seconds

Procedure

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In the Workspace view or the Publications view, browse to the resource (folder, file, publication group or publication) that you want to open on a new tab.

If the Content frame is closed:

1. Select the resource.

2. Press Ctrl+M, or click the resource name in the breadcrumb in the upper part of the Skribenta user interface.

The resource opens on a new tab in the Navigation frame.
If the Content frame is opened:
1. Select the resource.
If the resource is a file, it opens on a new tab in the Content frame.

If the resource is a folder, publication group or a publication:

1. Press Ctrl+M or click the resource name in the breadcrumb in the upper part of the Skribenta user interface.

The resource opens on a new tab in the Content frame.

Alternative procedure: Opening a file on a separate tab (maximizing) when the caret is in the file content

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In the Workspace view or the Publications view, open a file or expand an include element that you want to open on a new tab.

3. Put the caret in the file content or in the include content.

4. Press Ctrl+M, or click the resource name in the breadcrumb in the upper part of the Skribenta user interface.

The resource opens on a new tab.

Alternative procedure: Opening a file on a separate tab (maximizing) when the caret is in a link or include element

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In the Workspace view or the Publications view, open a file and put the caret in a link or include element that you want to expand on a new tab.

3. Press Ctrl+G.

The linked or included file opens on a new tab.