Conditional tag limitations

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December 18, 2025
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It seems (through much head-scratching testing) that any conditional tags applied to <section> elements are ignored by RoboHelp despite this being a valid and semantic element.

Additionally, it seems that conditional tags on a child element of a parent element that has tags applied are also ignored?

Are there any other massive limitations people know about?

Jeff_Coatsworth

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How are you creating a <section> in the RH project?

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ajf86Author

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I'm creating it in the source view, in the way that semantic html expects (child of <body>, has a heading). There is zero reason we shouldn't be able to use these elements in RoboHelp....

Peter Grainge

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Provided your code is HTML5 and CSS3 compliant, my understanding is that RoboHelp should accept it even if not created in the UI.

I suggest for this one you need to go to Adobe Support. See https://helpx.adobe.com/contact/enterprise-support.other.html#robohelp for your Adobe Support options. The email link tcssup@adobe.com is recommended as it reaches a team dedicated to Technical Communication Suite products including RoboHelp.

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Peter Grainge

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It might be how you are selecting whatever to apply the tags. Recently someone reported a tag not applying when they selected within the topic, when they clicked in the area and then selected the breadcrumb, the tag worked.

I'm not seeing a lot of issues with tagging.

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ajf86Author

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Yes, RoboHelp does seem to struggle sometimes depending on the element, but I confirm in the source view that the data-condition tag is applied.

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