Quickly adding an attribute

The quickest way to add an attribute to an element is to proceed as follows:

  1. Select the element.
  2. Press Ctrl-E to move the keyboard focus to the Name field of the Attributes tool.
    Name and value fields
  3. Type the name of the attribute in the Name field.

    Thanks to the auto-completion feature of this field, typing the first few characters of an attribute name is sufficient to specify it.

  4. Press Enter or Tab to move the keyboard focus to the Value field of the Attributes tool.
  5. Type the value of the attribute in the Value field.

    In many cases (ID, IDREF, enumeration, etc), this fields supports auto-completion too. However, unlike the Name field, the auto-completion feature here allows you to type anything you want, so you may have to press Space (which means: auto-complete as much as possible) in order to fully specify the value of the attribute.

  6. Press Enter to commit the change and return the keyboard focus to the document view.
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