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Zachary24897071nluu
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March 18, 2025
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Help Menu on Opening Screen

  • March 18, 2025
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Hi folks,

 

I have been requested by my company to put a "hamburger" style button to open the Table of Contents in the top-most landing page of my Help File.

 

Is this possible?

 

I am using RoboHelp 2020 and outputting in a Frameless output.

    Correct answer Jeff_Coatsworth

    Unfortunately the linked topic is 1/363 screens so it is unlikely that the user would be wanting to navigate to that screen each time.

     

    However, I believe the workaround I'll have to use it to just make a "topic" page my landing page, as opposed to the landing page here that used to have the TOC Tiles on it.

    This way, no screen out of the 363 are represented and the topic can welcome our user while also having the TOC on the side, as it is just a "topic".


    Why not make a "Welcome" page to be the destination?

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    March 18, 2025

    The whole design is based on the TOC as you have shown it only being shown when the user moves from the home page(s) to a topic. When they get to a topic, the menu as shown displays then, not before.

     

    I would say simply not possible.

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    Zachary24897071nluuAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 18, 2025

    Thanks, Peter!

     

    I have come up with another work-around, hopefully the folks at my company like it!

    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 18, 2025

    Usually that sort of thing only appears if you look at the help on a very small screen size - does resizing change the way it presents with the frameless output?

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    Zachary24897071nluuAuthor
    Inspiring
    March 18, 2025

    Sorry, I don't think I was clear enough, I have a Table of Contents on all of the topics (and when I shrink it down I can see the menu still), but I don't have one on the "Home Screen", the opening screen, the landing page.

    Jeff_Coatsworth
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    Jeff_CoatsworthCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 18, 2025

    Can you post a screenshot of what you want to change?

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