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4. Click OK.
5.
Restart the ADF Skin Editor.
3.5.2 How to Customize the General Environment for the ADF Skin Editor
You can customize the default display options such as whether dockable windows are always on top, as well as other general behavior, such as whether the ADF Skin Editor
will automatically reload externally modified files and whether output to the Log window is automatically saved to a file.
To change the general environment settings for the ADF Skin Editor: 1.
From the main menu, choose Tools Preferences. For more information at any time, press F1 or click Help from within the Preferences dialog.
2. In the Preferences dialog, select the Environment node if it is not already selected.
3. On the Environment page, select the options and set the fields as appropriate.
4. Click OK.
5. Restart the ADF Skin Editor.
For information about how to start the ADF Skin Editor, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Application Development Framework Skin
Editor.
3.5.3 How to Customize Dockable Windows in the ADF Skin Editor
You can customize the layout for dockable windows in their docked position. You can also set dockable windows to remain on top of other GUI elements, or not, when those
windows are moved.
To change the shape of one or more of the four docking areas: 1.
From the main menu, choose Tools Preferences. For more information at any time, press F1 or click Help from within the Preferences dialog.
2. In the Preferences dialog, select the Environment node select Dockable Windows.
3.
On the Dockable Windows page, click the corner arrows to lengthen or shorten each docking areas shape.
4. Click OK.
To change whether dockable windows remain on top or not when moved: 1.
From the main menu, choose Tools Preferences. For more information at any time, press F1 or click Help from within the Preferences dialog.
2. In the Preferences dialog, select the Environment node select Dockable Windows.
3. On the Dockable Windows page, select or deselect Dockable Windows Always on
Top as appropriate.
4. Click OK.
Note: The key bindings in Motif are different from key bindings in
Windows. Under Motif, the arrow keys do not change the selection. Instead they change the lead focus cell. You must press Ctrl + Space to
select an item. This is expected behavior.
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3.6 Searching the Source Files of ADF Skins
The ADF Skin Editor provides a source editor where you can view, edit, and search the syntax that the visual editor generates for an ADF skin.
3.6.1 How to Search the Source Files of ADF Skins
You can search the source files of an ADF skin in a number of ways.
To search a source file currently open in the source editor, with the option to replace text:
1. With the file open in the source editor, make sure that the editor has focus.
2. Optionally, if an instance of the text you want to search for is easily found, you can
highlight it now.
3. From the main menu, choose Search Find. Alternatively, press Ctrl+F.
4. In the Find Text Dialog, enter or select the text to locate.
Text previously searched for in this session of the ADF Skin Editor appears in the Text to Search For
list.
5. Select other search parameters accordingly.
For more information, press F1 or click Help from within the dialog. 6.
Click OK. To do a simple search in the open source file for a single text string:
1.
With the file open in the editor, ensure that the editor has focus.
2.
Place the cursor in the file at the point you wish to search from.
3. From the main menu, choose Search Incremental Find Forward or Search
Incremental Find Backwards .
4.
In the dialog, enter the search text. As you type, the cursor jumps to the next instance of the group of letters
displayed. Alternatively, enter the text string in the search box. As you type, the cursor jumps to
the next instance of the group of letters displayed. Use the Previous or Next buttons to search up and down the file. Click in the search box to set Match Case, Whole Word,
or Highlight Occurrences.
3.7 Working with Extensions
Extensions are components that are loaded and integrated with the ADF Skin Editor after it is started. Extensions can access the editor and perform many useful tasks. You
can add existing extensions into the ADF Skin Editor, or create your own.
This section contains information on finding and installing extensions. The simplest way to find and download extensions is through the Check for Updates wizard.
If you need additional capabilities such as integration with a version control system or a special editor, you can add external tools to the ADF Skin Editor. See
Section 3.9, Adding External Tools to the ADF Skin Editor
for more information.
