RoboHelp 8: In tables that are in drop-downs, how can I set the vertical alignment of cells to top?

Thanks for the project that has enabled me to identify the problem.

Your style sheet is missing the following definition so there is nothing to tell RH that you want the table content top aligned. Unfortunately the CSS editor does not allow you to add what is required so you will need to open it in Notepad and add this at the end.

TD {
    vertical-align: top;
}

Then when you generate your help, the output will be driven by the CSS and will be top aligned.

You could apply inline alignment by going into the table properties, selecting the Cell tab and applying top alignment. However, I do not recommend that as it will have to be done for each table and will remove the ability to change that from the style sheet.

Take a look at the Not So Good section of the topic on Tables at

http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/rh_tour/index.htm

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

Thanks Peter. I logged this as a bug as you had suggested.

In another similar post I see you had commented "The alignment in your output will be OK." Just an FYI, that the alignment in my output is not OK in most cases.