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ae1992
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Jul 22, 2016 5:59 PM UTC
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ToC books not opening in Chrome

Hi all,

I am using RoboHelp 11 and RoboHelp Server 9.

Some of my ToC books are not opening, but the rest are working just fine. I have these same books on a different project, and they're opening fine. Both projects are published on the same server but in different areas. They have been working just fine up until this point.

Thank you!

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Peter Grainge
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Sep 12, 2018 7:49 AM UTC

The official fix is on Adobe's site at Cannot collapse the ToC of Webhelp output in Google Chrome


See www.grainge.org for free RoboHelp and Authoring information.

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adganguly
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Jun 11, 2018 7:13 AM UTC

Hi,

I am facing a similar issue, the TOC is working fine with IE but my books are not opening in google chrome for Robohelp 11. Has the issue been resolved with Robohelp. If yes what are the steps that needs to be taken.

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Peter Grainge
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Jun 11, 2018 7:15 AM UTC

See Post 115 in this thread.


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Peter Grainge
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Peter GraingeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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Sep 12, 2018 7:49 AM UTC

The official fix is on Adobe's site at Cannot collapse the ToC of Webhelp output in Google Chrome


See www.grainge.org for free RoboHelp and Authoring information.

@petergrainge

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TatuMbili
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Apr 26, 2018 8:57 PM UTC

Same thing, didn't notice the problem until I opened in Chrome on my personal laptop. Applied the file fix (I've done all my patches for RoboHelp 2015) and I'm working now!

Thanks, Peter!

Helen

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Inspiring
Mar 6, 2018 3:23 PM UTC

This fix is not working for me. I'm on RH17 (13.0.2.334) using Chrome Version 63.0.3239.132 (Official Build) (64-bit). I modified the whthost.js file according to Peter's post, cleared the browser cache, and still the TOC books do not open properly. Is there something else I should try?

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Jeff_Coatsworth
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Mar 6, 2018 3:27 PM UTC

Try updating the Chrome version? I just checked & mine is set to 64.0.3282.186 now.

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Mar 2, 2018 12:28 AM UTC

Peter, thank you so much!

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Inspiring
Feb 27, 2018 2:44 PM UTC

I tried this for my webhelp project (RH 2017) and it worked out well. Thank you.

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Known Participant
Jan 30, 2018 7:35 PM UTC

I applied the fix you suggested, but we're still having problems with our Help Files TOC expanding in Chrome Version 63.0.3239.132 (Official Build) (64-bit).  Everything works fine in IE, and fortunately, the software defaults to IE - which is probably why we haven't had a lot of customers calling to complain.  We're running on a Web Server.

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Jeff_Coatsworth
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Jan 30, 2018 7:44 PM UTC

katgentry​ - what version of RH?

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Jan 30, 2018 7:45 PM UTC

Sorry I didn't add - RH 2015

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Participant
Jan 19, 2018 4:04 AM UTC

Another voice heard from - this solved the problem for us as well (using RoboHelp 10).  Thanks to everyone!

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Inspiring
Jan 8, 2018 2:41 PM UTC

Can anyone else confirm this?  I logged into Chrome this morning, went to the Help > About page, saw my system update to the release build listed above, went to the WebHelp I had open, was able to open multiple books, but was not able to close any of the books.  I refreshed the page, and then i was no longer able to open a book after selecting a topic.  I closed an re-opened the browser, went to a different project, and I could not open any of the books again.

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Known Participant
Jan 8, 2018 3:09 PM UTC

I confirm it's still NOT working for me with Version 63.0.3239.132 (Official Build) (64-bit). A mix of what's described by Timothy and by WriterJeanne...

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Known Participant
Jan 5, 2018 4:40 PM UTC

While it may not be progress, it is at least still motion.

See you guys after the next update

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Peter Grainge
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Jan 8, 2018 12:58 PM UTC

UPDATE - In Version 63.0.3239.132 (Official Build) (64-bit) books are opening OK.


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@petergrainge

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Known Participant
Jan 5, 2018 2:00 PM UTC

It looks like there was a new build on Thursday, and now I can't recreate this issue.  Maybe Google did us a solid?

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Known Participant
Jan 5, 2018 2:02 PM UTC

Never mind.  False alarm

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Inspiring
Jan 5, 2018 2:17 PM UTC

Interesting.  My supervisor contacted my yesterday to let me know it looked as if the issue had been resolved, but then--even before I had a chance to verify the information--he let me know it was not working again.  Anyone else have the experience of seeing the TOC books work correctly in Google Chrome in the last day or so?  Wondering if there was a recent Chrome update where it did work but then a subsequent Chrome update that broke it again. Thanks.

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