LOF wrapping issue

InDesign has an elegant solution to this specific situation that is missing in FrameMaker. Would you consider voting for this feature request?

https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-9847

https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/FRMAKER-7310

~Barb 

Hi Ken:

Generated files follow a series of rules, and the rules are not intuitive. You may find this list helpful:

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-framemaker-what-to-know-about-working-with-generated-files/

You said current contents are completely wiped out during regen, but not sure I agree with that. If generating from scratch, again, don't you have to delete the LOF, first, then generate? If I regen or update, there is no wiping out of anything.  Right?  The content is generated again if done from scratch, but generated exactly with what is tagged already. So, not sure what you mean when you say everything gets wiped out.

See rule number 5 in the linked post. 

However, without generating the LOF, first, I would never know where (between which words) the NBS has to be added.

Correct. If you had been willing to share a screenshot of a problem line in the TOC, we could have been very specific on where to add the non-breaking spaces. Without a screenshot, we are working in generalities.

Strange that I could use Shift+Return in the TOC and it worked fine. 

See rule number 5 in the linked post. 

~Barb 

Hi Ken, 

You likely have two things going on...

1. The TOC entry breaks in a wonky location
   • For this one, you can use CTRL+Space to add nonbreaking spaces to the last few words in the entry to get more paletable breaks without Shift+Returns in your titles (assumes you don't want to break entries in your content pages)
   • See Managing Line Breaks in the Table of Contents in chapter 18 of FrameMaker - Working with Content, 2020 release
2. You'll want to set up additional tab stops and tabs in your LOF tag (perhaps Heading1LOF or similar) to push your dot leader out on the second line.

I'll write this up and get back to you later today...

-Matt

Of course, you might also shorten your section heading 😉

Hi @Kenneth5FBC:

I'm struggling to visualize this question. If Lin's reply did not answer for you, please share a screen shot. 

~Barb 

You need to set a Left indent to align with the first line's margins. 

Are you using the soft return in the generated LOF or in your figure caption? Either way, you're usually better off using non-breaking spaces in the actual Figure Caption text to keep words together.