Editing Snippets in a Popup

You can open snippets from their point of insertion in a file and make edits in a popup window. This means you do not need to interrupt the flow of editing the topic (or another snippet) in order to edit a snippet within it.

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Permission Required?

Editing content and project files is an activity available to users with the Author status. By default, users with Author status have the following permissions set:

  • If this is deselected, then viewing files in a read-only mode is allowed. On the left side of the page, the Files vertical three-dot menu is not available.

  • If this is deselected, the XHTML in the Code view is read-only.

    Editing code is regarded as a capability for an advanced user. If not done properly, the code can become malformed quickly. Administrators can prevent users from editing the code by deselecting the Edit Code permission.

For more information about permissions, see Setting User Permissions or Setting Team Permissions.

How to Edit a Snippet in a Popup

  1. Open a project, and select the Workspace tab at the top.

  2. On the left, navigate to a topic or snippet file. The file contents display on the right.

  3. In the Content Editor click the inserted snippet.

  4. In the toolbar popup under the snippet, click .

    Note You can also right-click the snippet and select Edit Snippet.

  5. In the popup editor, make changes to the snippet.

  6. Click Commit.

  7. In the Create New Commit dialog, enter a Commit Message.

  8. Click Commit.

If the animation below is cut off, you can see the complete animation by clicking the link under it to open the full topic.

Note If you make changes to the snippet, the state of your snippet file changes to In Progress (meaning that the file is uncommitted). If you close the snippet popup (or the Content Editor) it stays in that state until it is committed to the repository. You also have the option to set your user status for the snippet to In Progress or Ready to Commit. See Collaborative Editing Workspace.

Note You can also open a snippet file in the full editor.

  1. In the editor click the inserted snippet.

  2. In the toolbar popup under the snippet, click . (You can also right-click the snippet and select Open Snippet File.)

If the current file has uncommitted changes, you will see a message reminding you of this. You can either keep the file open and commit the edits first, or you can discard the changes.

Note For more information about snippets, see the Flare Desktop Help system.