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swalker0529
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May 28, 2014
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Responsive HTML5 TOC in generated output not staying in sync with selected subfolder

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We have a project that we recently upgraded from Robohelp 8 to RoboHelp 11.  We decided to generate Responsive HTML5 output for the project.  It is a multi-language project as well.  We support 19 languages.  Each topic file has text in it in each of the languages and marked with a conditional build tag for each language.  We have a TOC and Glossary file for each language.  When I generate each language's help file and then view it in a browser, the the  English TOC seems to work fine.  You can click on folders and sub-folders and topics within the sub-folders and it seems to keep the TOC in sync with the topic I am viewing.  But if I view one of the language help files, say German or Danish, when I click around in the TOC, the topics I click on show up in the right pane, but the focus in the TOC pane is not highlighting the selected topic.  It seems like the focus has moved to something else, though nothing is highlighted. I am confused what is different between the different language help files TOC.  Are there settings or ways to make sure the TOC is synchronized all the time?

Thanks,

Shannon

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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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May 29, 2014

Do you have a different SSL for each language or one SSL where you change the build expression? If it is a different SSL, the only thing I can think of right now is that the TOC sync option is not selected except in the English version.

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swalker0529Author
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May 29, 2014

Where would I find this TOC sync option?

Well, everything is part of the same project, but I have different layouts created for each language, so each layout or language has its own folder in the SSL directory. So I think this would mean they are different SSL for each language.

Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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May 29, 2014

Good question. I made the assumption that it is an option in the SSL as it is with webhelp. There the SSL has Navigation options that HTML5 does not.

I don't know the answer and hope that someone else may have that. Meantime try this idea. Duplicate the English SSL and in that apply a build expression that excludes everything other than one other language, lets say French. That should give you a French language version in which you can see if the problem is still there or not.

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