placeholder

A placeholder is a little piece of text that Xopus adds to a newly created element so that the author can see where the new element is created. When the author types some text, the placeholder immediately disappears.

<x:node match="td">
  ...
  <x:placeholder xml:lang="en">New cell</x:placeholder>
</x:node>

Instead of repeating the name of the element, you can use the template {name} inside the placeholder element:

<x:node match="p">
  <x:name>Paragraph</x:name>
  <x:placeholder>New {name}</x:placeholder>
<x:node>