Skip to main content
M
m_d_uk2
Participating Frequently
April 20, 2012
Question

Multi level lists inside drop-downs

  • April 20, 2012
  • 1 reply
  • 1466 views

Does anyone know how to fix/what is wrong with multi level lists inside drop-downs, inside drop-downs? (hope that makes sense!)

Basically, if you create a drop-down hotspot, then create another drop-down hotspot inside that and put a multi-level list inside it, the numbering for the list does not show up. I've checked the output HTML and it seems identical to a normal multi-level list (strangely RoboHelp uses P tags instead of LI/UL tags).

I'm using RoboHelp 8 by the way.

Thanks...

This topic has been closed for replies.

1 reply

Peter Grainge
Community Expert
Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 20, 2012

Dropdowns within dropdowns have caused problems in the past. Rick Stone has often advised creating the content in the main topic and then pasting it into the dropdown. Maybe that trick will work here.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

Use the menu (bottom right) to mark the Best Answer or Highlight particularly useful replies. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here.
M
m_d_uk2Author
Participating Frequently
April 26, 2012

That doesn't work i'm afraid - looking at the code view, it uses P tags (as i mentioned above) and RoboHelp's own "<?rh-list_start class="NumbLists" ?>" tag, so RoboHelp must interact with the page somehow and add the numbering/bullets in when you publish/preview.

Its clearly a bug, just not picking up the "<?rh-list_start class="NumbLists" ?>" tag inside dropdowns that are in dropdowns.

Anyone got any ideas, or will this just be added to the ever growing lists of things that annoy me in RoboHelp?

Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
March 3, 2015

Hello all, resurrecting this thread as it's the only one that addresses the same problem I'm having. I was happy to find it, but disappointed that it was never resolved.

I'm using RH10. I authored the content in the main topic, then cut/pasted sections into dropdowns. One dropdown has a nested dropdown with a multi-level numbered list. In the output, the numbers are not shown.

Anyone have recent experience with this since the original RH8/April 2012 posting? Or is the only option to use the non-multi-level list numbering?

Thanks,

Laurie


I just tried it in RH11 and it's not working still. The workaround is to use regular lists.

Please file a bug with Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=38

Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices