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October 11, 2023
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FM Table cross ref link works in published PDF, doesn't work in HTML5 (all other X-refs work)

  • October 11, 2023
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I am somewhat new to publishing FM in HTML5. When I publish an FM book in PDF, all of the clickable cross ref links work properly. When I publish the same book in HTML5, all cross refs work except the Table cross refs. The character formatting of the Table link text is proper in the HTML5 (underlined/blue), but the link does not function. The table links are tied to (sourced from) the Structured Element = TableGroup (Cross Ref Source pod). All other cross ref link types work in the HTML5 (created from elements for figures, sections, steps, ...; links within the same file and links from file to file within the book).

 

The cross ref  Reference Format for the table and figure links are the same (<Xref>Figure\ <$elemparanumonly>; <Xref>Table\ <$elemparanumonly>).

 

The HTML Setup utility maps "Element = Figure" to HTML5 Division and "Element = Table" to HTML5 Division (same mapping, but different result)

 

I don't know if this is of importance: The element type in the HTML Setup Utility window is "Table." The element type that is used in the Cross Ref Source Pod when creating the link is "TableGroup." (different element names; the only option in Setup is "Table"; the only option for creating the link is "TableGroup")

 

Can anyone suggest what I can do or where I should look to learn how to fix the HTML5 Table links?

 

Thanks

 

FM2019, Structured, book with 6 files, MS Windows 10 Pro

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    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 12, 2023

    Are you using the Publish panel, or modifying the reference page tables?

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    Participant
    October 13, 2023

    Thanks for your question.

    I am using the publish panel to generate a PDF and then later for Responsive HTML5. 

    I have viewed  the reference page info that FM auto generated when I published HTML5, but I have not modified anything in those auto generated Ref pages.

     

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 13, 2023

    Excellent!

    Using the Publish panel is the most advanced and controllable way to produce HTML.

    The Reference pages were from circa 2000, prior to the Publish engine used now.

     

    You mentioned that you are working with structured content in FrameMaker 2019...can you confirm that your content is structured?

    If so, do your elements have paragraph formats (other than Body) applied to them?

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant