As part of our online module authoring process, we make several dozen content references into a large topic with many IDs. To speed up the process, I created a startup macro that will alpha sort the IDs on the "Insert Content Reference" dialog, making it easier to locate a particular ID.
I thought I'd share it in case anyone else might find it useful. Just create a new .mcr file in your startup folder and paste it in.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<!DOCTYPE MACROS SYSTEM "macros.dtd">
<!--
Enhancements to XMetaL's Insert Content Reference dialog, to allow
faster creation of online module screens.
Written by Jason Perkins, Jacquette Consulting
-->
<MACROS>
<MACRO name="On_Macro_File_Load" lang="JScript" hide="true">
<![CDATA[
// Alpha-sort the element IDs, making it easier to locate a particular ID.
InsertConrefDlgDataModel.prototype._old_setCandidateElems = InsertConrefDlgDataModel.prototype.setCandidateElems;
InsertConrefDlgDataModel.prototype.setCandidateElems = function()
{
this._old_setCandidateElems();
var sortfn = function(a, b) {
var aid = a.getAttribute("id");
var bid = b.getAttribute("id");
if (aid < bid)
return -1;
else if (aid > bid)
return 1;
else
return 0;
}
this.fCandidateElems.sort(sortfn);
}
]]></MACRO>
</MACROS>
