Structured Headings

This plugin modifies the styling and function of headings in the editor to make them easier to use to structure documents. Currently in development.

Features

  • Simplifies the process of adding headings to a document. Instead of having to choose between a heading 1-6 in the containers panel, those options are replaced with one single “Heading” option that inserts a heading at the same level as the preceding heading in the document.
  • Makes it easier to adjust heading levels properly. In order to change the level of a heading, the indent and outdent tools can be used to lower and raise the level of the heading respectively. The indent tool will also prevent a user from indenting a heading more than one level below its preceding heading.
  • Automatically numbers headings to better outline a document.
  • Provides an optional tool that can be used to automatically fix improper heading structure in a document (although it’s still in development).
  • More features to come on further development.

Applying Structured Headings Styling outside of the Editor

The numbering added to headings in the editor is not parsed with the content of the document, but rather, it is added as styling using CSS.

To apply the heading numbering to a document outside of the editor, follow these steps:

  1. Get the CSS for the structured headings. If you are using IE8+, Chrome, or Firefox, enter the WYMeditor.printStructuredHeadingsCSS() command in the browser console on the page of the editor using the structured headings plugin to print the CSS to the console.
  2. Either copy this CSS to an existing stylesheet or make a new stylesheet with this CSS.
  3. Apply the stylesheet with the CSS to all of the pages that contain documents that had heading numbering added to them in the editor.