Browsing and modifying archives' structure

You can navigate archives directly in the Archives Browser view either by opening them from the Project view or by choosing them in the <oXygen/> file chooser or by dropping them in the Archives browser view from the file explorer. When the Archive browser view is closed the archived currently opened in it will be unmounted.

[Important]Important

If a file extension is not known by <oXygen/> as a supported archive type you can add it from the Archive preferences page .

 

Figure 14.2. Browsing an archive

Browsing an archive

The following operations are available on the Archive Browser's toolbar:

Open Archive...

Open a new archive in the browser. If the extension is not known as an archive extension you will be directed to the Archive preferences page to add a new extension.

Close

Unmount the browsed archived.

New folder...

Create a new folder as child of the selected folder in the browsed archived.

New file...

Create a new file as child of the selected folder in the browsed archived.

Add files...

Add some already existing files as children of the selected folder in the browsed archived.

Delete

Delete the selected resource in the browsed archived.

Archive Options...

Open the Archive preferences page.

The following additional operations are available from the Archive Browser's contextual menu:

 

Figure 14.3. Contextual menu

Contextual menu

Open

Open a resource from the archive in the editor.

Extract...

Extract a resource from the archive in a specified folder.

Rename...

Rename a resource in the archive.

Copy location

Copy the URL location of the selected resource.

Refresh

Refresh the selected resource.

Properties...

View properties for the selected resource.

 

Figure 14.4. Archive resource properties

Archive resource properties