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February 18, 2010
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Odd hyperlink behaviour in Firefox

  • February 18, 2010
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I wonder if anyone else is experiencing problems with hyperlinks in webhelp running on Firefox?

I have created a new webhelp system - nothing clever such as merging - just 70 or so topics.The help contains hyperlinks to other topics in the webhelp - these are left to page default (the intention being that they should open and replace the current page).

I have published the help to my C drive and am running it from there. When I select a link to another topic, the target topic opens for a second, then the help jumps to the parent folder for that topic. I just tried another webhelp system that I created a week ago (and was fine then) and it shows the same behaviour.

When I do exactly the same in IE, it works as expected.

I'm using Robohelp 7, Firefox 3.6 (it was the same with Firefox 3.5.7 so  I tried upgrading) and Vista (though I tried on a Mac and it's the same, so I've ruled out an operating system quirk).

I'm guessing this is down to a recent Firefox update...or have I just done something daft?

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Peter Grainge
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February 18, 2010

If you are running the help locally, try setting the Mark of the Web option.


See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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Participating Frequently
February 18, 2010

Thanks for the suggestion Peter; I just tried but the same thing happens - most odd!

Peter Grainge
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Community Expert
February 18, 2010

Do the supplied sample projects work correctly?


See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

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