On Mon, 2011-03-14 at 10:46 +0100, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Given the fact that all elements > eventually have unique, automatically generated IDs, is it really > important for an author to have access to these IDs, immediately, in > real time. I mean, the author inserts a new element and must be > immediately be able to use its unique, automatically generated ID, to > create a cross-reference for example. > > If the answer is no, then a validateHook can automatically generate > automatic IDs and also can automatically fix duplicate IDs.
We have this same issue, and would strongly support a change in copy/paste that avoided creating duplicate IDs. We also already have a validateHook that automatically generates IDs. I see how it could be extended to change one of any pair of duplicate IDs found, but I think that half the time it would remove the wrong one -- that is, if there is a link or reference to the ID (and there very often is, in our case), then you want to make sure that the original one maintains its ID and thus remains the target of the link, and that the new copy gets a new ID. I am not sure how validateHook could ensure that? Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks - Boris -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
