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Inspiring
Mar 6, 2019 9:53 PM UTC
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Can I create tool tips, then set up a link in the tool tip to a topic?

I am using RoboHelp 2019 version 2019.0.5. I am outputting to Responsive HTML5.

Is it possible to create tool tips in RoboHelp and then have a link in the tool tip that the user can click to proceed to a regular topic?

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roryj86911642
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Inspiring
Mar 12, 2019 3:45 PM UTC

Thanks for the extra info. My idea won't work in that scenario, so if your solution works and no-one has a better idea, then I think go with it. Let us know how it goes.


I have developed a loose procedure to accomplish Tool Tips to Help Topics that I wish to share here:

Notes to Output Full Help and Tool Tips Help

  1. Output Full Help system first
  2. Include  Master Page --> Azure Blue skin, default CSS, default TOC, Index, etc.
  3. Use HTMLunified Output Preset
  4. Select Save All to save entire project
  5. Navigate to outputs directory (C:\RoboHelp2019\outputs)
  6.   NOTE: The outputs directory is deleted EACH time an outputs is created
  7. Save the entire outputs sub-directory folder and name it outputsFullHelp_MM_DD_YYYY
  8. Output Tool Tips Help second
  9. Include Tool Tips skin --> Tool Tips TOC --> default CSS, etc.
  10. Use Tool Tips Output presets
  11. Navigate to outputs directory (C:\RoboHelp2019\outputs

NOTE: The outputs directory is deleted EACH time an outputs is created

            12. Save the entire outputs sub-directory folder and name it outputsToolTips_MM_DD_YYYY

            13. Delete index.htm and index.ppf for Tool Tips from outputsToolTips_MM_DD_YYYY

NOTE: Outputs are backed up by title and date at C:\Users\Rory.Jakes\OneDrive - C Squared Systems, LLC\Unified Project\OutputsBackup

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AmebrCommunity Expert
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Mar 7, 2019 12:11 AM UTC

Not in the traditional sense of a tooltip using alt or title attributes that displays in a skinny text only bar like in Windows applications.  It may be possible with javascript/jquery, but you'd need to ask developers for help with that.

Where exactly are you trying to use the tooltip? Can you describe what you are trying to do, or post a screenshot or mockup? I have another idea, but it depends a bit on what you're trying to do.

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roryj86911642Author
Inspiring
Mar 7, 2019 1:57 PM UTC

Amebr,

My boss wants this done and I am trying to accomplish this in RoboHelp 2019 HTML. I need to deliver tool tips which need to be only text and no graphics in separate topics except a link to a regular topic with graphics and all the bells and whistles of my main help system. I created a folder called Tool_Tips and have a couple topics that are only text with a single link to full fledged topic (below).

1. I created a separate Output Preset taking everything out including no Master Page and scoped down the skin etc.

2. However, on output I still have a sidebar with search (below). I want the output to just to be text with one link (below Add Device).

Also, when I click on the link in Tool_Tip_Add_Device.htm, I want the FULL topic with images Table of Contents etc. So I save off the Tool Tip files.

3. Then I go back to Output Presets and Output the main Help system.

4. My plan is to save off those files and deliver that separately.

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roryj86911642Author
Inspiring
Mar 7, 2019 7:50 PM UTC

I've got it to the point if I save the Tool_Tips output separate from the output of the whole Help system, and then start from the .htm file (i.e. Tool_Tip_Add_Folder) rather than Generate Preset ---> View Output from RobHelp it seems to work the way I want. I am using a stripped down topic for tool tips and then clicking from there to a full help system file with Master Page, headers, footers, default CSS, TOC, index, etc. Then I click the back arrow of browser (i.e. Chrome in this case) to navigate back to the tool tip. Unless you have a better way of doing this, I believe I want to keep it simple. Am meeting with developers and managers next week to present my solution.

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