Background / Current Behavior

When authors select multiple steps inside a topic and apply a conditional attribute, Oxygen currently assigns the condition to the parent <steps> element. This results in all steps inheriting the condition, even if the intention is to scope that condition to only the selected steps.

Problem Statement

Authors often need to conditionalize a subset of steps—for example, steps relevant only to a specific audience or platform—while leaving the rest of the procedure unconditioned. The current behavior forces a broader scope than intended, which leads to:

• Extra manual work (reapplying attributes one-by-one).
• Increased risk of errors or unintended conditional output.
• Reduced authoring efficiency and clarity.

Requested Change

Enable step-level conditional application for multi-selection:

• When a user highlights multiple <step> elements (or <substeps>), and applies a condition, Oxygen should apply the condition to each selected step rather than the parent <steps> element.
• Maintain existing behavior for single selection of a step.