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RH 2019 custom list styles don't work

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
December 6, 2018
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I just upgraded a project from RH 2019 Classic to RH 2019 and I'm having trouble using the custom list styles I created in the CSS. These styles worked perfectly well in RH 2019 Classic, but when I try to apply them in RH 2019 1. the style isn't applied, 2. if I double click the style more than a few times in a row the entire app freezes.

In my CSS file I have a few bullet styles that look like this (for Bullet, Bullet 2, ListNumber1, ListNumber2, etc):

LI.p-Bullet {

list-style: disc outside;

margin-left: 10px;

text-align: left;

background-color: transparent;

margin-top: 5px;

}

p.Bullet {

padding: 0px;

margin-top: 0px;

margin-bottom: 3px;

}

LI.p-Bullet P {

padding: 0px;

margin-top: 0px;

margin-bottom: 3px;

}

I confess to being mystified by why I need 3 styles to do one thing (I'm using a template from a previous project), but in RH 2019 Classic these styles gave me a Bullet paragraph style and a p-Bullet list style.

In RH 2019 Classic (and previous versions of RH) I would write a line of text, double click the p-Bullet list style to apply the style, then double click the Bullet paragraph style to make it look right. But now in RH 2019 that process is causing the issues I mentioned earlier. No list is applied, and the app freezes. Any thoughts as to why?

Additionally, perhaps I'm all wrong in my approach to lists. Is there a simpler way to manage decent-looking lists in RH? I was always trained to use the custom CSS styles from the Style pod, but maybe I should just use the RH formatting bar's Multilist styles?

A bit more background: this project was migrated from FM7 to RH 2019 Classic (and others will be in the future), so if anyone has a simple way to manage the migration and further manipulation of lists, I'm all ears!

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achyut_com

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Correct Peter, it is update 7. Have also tried another solution removing formatting and then applying the style.

I am already experimenting by creating a new project and i think I need to update my existing styles by observing the Sample project styles pattern.

Just now, I came across another problem, that is, Save All (Ctrl + S) does not work as expected intermittently. I need to save files individually.

Also I am fixing the Dropdown hotspot behaviors in all places because the dropdown content gets displayed after 3-4 following lines after the upgrade.

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

That problem is in the RoboHelp Reimagined sample CSS.

To save a specific topic, look at the File menu. There's a keyboard shortcut.

On dropdowns, I just tried in a new project and they are OK so maybe that's another CSS issue?

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Peter Grainge

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The problem in the RoboHelp Reimagined sample CSS was the style li.Standard_Bullet.

In 2019 it needs to be

ul.Standard_Bullet {

list-style: disc;

}

ul.Standard_Bullet>li {

font-family: Verdana;

font-size: 10pt;

margin-top: 10px;

margin-bottom: 10px;

}

It upgrades OK with Update 8 applied. I think the problem was that it did not upgrade properly before.

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achyut_com

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Yes, it is RH 2019 up to date version. The existing styles especially bullets and numbering does not work as expected also there is alteration in dropdown hotspot behaviour.

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

By Up to Date, do you mean Update 7?

I have seen the same but not had the chance to find out why. Try selecting the list and removing the list style and whilst still selected, click the Remove Formatting icon in the Properties > General tab.

Also create a new project if you did not have Update 7 applied at the time of updating your project. Grab the CSS from that and put it into your existing project. Try with that CSS. It won't have the styles you want but it will help tracking the problem.

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Nikki Chapman UK

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I'm having these issues too. Did you resolve the custom bullet issue? I'm using a png as my bullet. Looks great in the project, but viewing the topic and output, it just uses the basic bullet. I'm I missing something?

Peter Grainge

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@nikki What version of RoboHelp are you using?

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Nikki Chapman UK

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2019 Classic

Peter Grainge

Community Expert

Is this a project that dates back to a much earlier version of RoboHelp, perhaps pre RoboHelp 8?

If you create a project in 2019 Classic not using your CSS, does that upgrade OK?

Have you applied the updates to 2019?

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