RoboHelp 2022 - Close TOC section when another section is selected

Question

I have an extensive content menu system set up for a help system. When I view the help system in a browser and click on a section title, the section expands. When I click on another section title, that section expands, but the first section does not automatically contract. I want to have the open menu close when I select another section title or topic in another section. I have researched this extensively and cannot find an easy way to make this happen. I would like to do this without having to rewrite the JavaScript code or Skin code used to dynamically produce the help system webpages. I can see no option in the layout settings for Close existing panels when a new one opens , Auto-collapse TOC, or Accordion TOC, and changing accordian settings (KEY_SHOW_ACCORDION) in the code files has no effect.

Also changing false to true in the following code has no effect:

<drillDownTOC type="boolean">false</drillDownTOC>

Could it be that I am using a corrupted frameless skin, or is there some easy solution I am missing?

marcosOV · Accepted Answer

Ok, good to know - I don't recall ever noticing the effect (or really being bothered by it) but if you find some example of where it behaves like you want, maybe have a look-see at the code behind it - that might help you figure out how to make it happen.

I just received this message from the Adobe Customer Care team:

Thank you for contacting customer support.
As per our discussion regarding Adobe Robohelp, as we checked with the internal team, Adobe RoboHelp 2022 with Frameless output, there isn't a built-in setting in the layout options to make one section of the content menu collapse automatically when another section is expanded. We have shared this with the product /engineering team, and if there is any update around in the near future, in the upcoming updates of Robohelp, we will let you know. I hope the given information has helped you. Please let me know if you still need any assistance.

Thanks for working with us,
Adobe Customer Care

Jeff_Coatsworth · Answer

@Gina39036576znwo & @marcosOV - as I said, warm up that Tracker link and log a wishlist. Post it here and the more that vote for it, the likelier the probability is that it gets on the RH dev plan.

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