Autogenerated book TOC numbering problems

Question

Hi, I'm trying to add numbering to the autogenerated TOC in pdf-book output. Using css classes a.pdf-toc-level-2 and a.pdf-toc-level-3. I'm able to style the two levels of the toc (not sure why level-2 is the main chapters and where level-1 is, but that's not an issue). Counter for the main chapters (level2) is fine, but I need to reset the numbering of lvl3 for each main-chapter to display correct numbers. What I want:1 - ChapterA 1 - subchapterAA 2 - subchaterAB2 - ChapterB 1 - subchapterBA 2 - subchapterBB 3 - subchapterBC3 - ChapterC 1 - subchapterCA What I get:1 - ChapterA 1 - subchapterAA 2 - subchaterAB2 - ChapterB 3 - subchapterBA 4 - subchapterBB 5 - subchapterBC3 - ChapterC 6 - subchapterCA I can't use nested counters that would work for classic

lists since this TOC doesn't have this hierarchy, or at least I didn't find any by testing different styles. I think it's all just separate lines? Counter-reset is scoped, so it doesn't work for this case. I've tried to use the counter-set attribute which works in most browsers and snippets, but the Robohelp shows it in red when editing and ignores it in output. I assume that Robohelp export does not support this? Does anyone have any experience styling and numbering the auto-generated TOC for book style output or any idea how should I go about this? Fiddle test: https://jsfiddle.net/z52brmn9/ My css: body { counter-reset: a-toc-level-2 0 a-toc-level-3 0;} a.pdf-toc-level-2:before { counter-increment: a-toc-level-2; content: counter(a-toc-level-2, decimal); padding-right: 0.5rem; counter-set: a-toc-level-3 0;}a.pdf-toc-level-3:before { counter-increment: a-toc-level-3; content: counter(a-toc-level-3, decimal); padding-right: 0.5rem;}

Surbhi_Maheshwari17103204 · Accepted Answer

Hi,

To achieve the mentioned TOC, you need to restart numbering for every h2 which is just after h1.

Try this:

body {
counter-reset: a\.pdf-toc-level-1 0 a\.pdf-toc-level-2 0;
}
a.pdf-toc-level-1:before {
counter-increment: a\.pdf-toc-level-1;
content: counter(a\.pdf-toc-level-1, decimal);
padding-right: 0.5rem;
}
a.pdf-toc-level-2:before {
counter-increment: a\.pdf-toc-level-2;
content: counter( a\.pdf-toc-level-2, decimal);
padding-right: 0.5rem;
}

a.pdf-toc-level-1 + a.pdf-toc-level-2 {
counter-reset: a\.pdf-toc-level-2 0;
}

This should give you the TOC you are looking for 🙂
Let us know how it goes.

Thanks and Regards,
Surbhi Maheshwari

Amebr · Answer

Your best bet is probably to contact support using the email address here: https://helpx.adobe.com/contact/enterprise-support.other.html#robohelp

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