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October 13, 2021
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Unwanted empty table cell after html5 output

  • October 13, 2021
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Hi,

I am using the new interface (not classic) for Robohelp 2019. After generating an html5 output, there is an extra empty cell at the end of the table. I couldn't find any clues in the code. Does anyone know why this is happening? Please see this URL: https://tesira-webhelp.biamp.com/#t=ForteX_Supported_Platforms.htm.

 

Below is a screenshot of how it looks in Robohelp:

 

Thank you,

 

Julianna

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Correct answer Peter Grainge

The topic you have sent is from the output. Maybe that is just a slip up creating this test project but if not you need to fix that in your main project.

 

Amber has identified that on your site there are seven columns defined. Delete the last two so that just these are shown.

 

<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%" width="100%">
<colgroup>
<col style="width:14.29%" />
<col style="width: 187px;" />
<col style="width: 191px;" />
<col style="width: 231px;" />
<col style="width: 175px;" />
</colgroup>

 

You may want to set the widths to the same unit as well.

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14 replies

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juliannam27523423Author
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October 14, 2021

Thank you Peter! I can't believe I didn't see the extra columns in the code. I took your advice and made the column widths consistent. I really appreciate your help.

Peter Grainge
Community Expert
Peter GraingeCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
October 14, 2021

The topic you have sent is from the output. Maybe that is just a slip up creating this test project but if not you need to fix that in your main project.

 

Amber has identified that on your site there are seven columns defined. Delete the last two so that just these are shown.

 

<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse:collapse; width:100%" width="100%">
<colgroup>
<col style="width:14.29%" />
<col style="width: 187px;" />
<col style="width: 191px;" />
<col style="width: 231px;" />
<col style="width: 175px;" />
</colgroup>

 

You may want to set the widths to the same unit as well.

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    AmebrCommunity Expert
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    October 13, 2021

    You might need to go into the code to fix it - I'm not sure if there are fields for it in the UI.

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    AmebrCommunity Expert
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    October 13, 2021

    It could be the colgroup setting. There are 7 columns listed in there but only 5 columns of data in your table.

     

     

      J
      juliannam27523423Author
      Known Participant
      October 14, 2021

      Thank you Amebr. I was looking straight at that code and did not notice that there were seven columns. It's fixed now.

       

      Thanks!

       

      Julianna

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      AmebrCommunity Expert
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      October 14, 2021

      It's not a place we normally need to look, and usually I think RH takes care of keeping it in sync for us. Possibly the table was edited outside RH at some point and things got a little confused.

      J
      juliannam27523423Author
      Known Participant
      October 13, 2021

      Great!

      Peter Grainge
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      Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 13, 2021

      I've got the second one. 

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      Peter Grainge
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      Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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      October 13, 2021

      It may be getting blocked at your end, that happened recently and I may revert to always using WeTransfer or suchlike. 

       

      Give that a try. I'll look in the morning as it's late here. 

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      juliannam27523423Author
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      October 13, 2021

      I just emailed it again.

      J
      juliannam27523423Author
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      October 13, 2021

      I emailed it to robohelp@grainge.org. It said I could email if it is 2019 new UI. It only has one topic in it so it isn't too big of a file.

      Peter Grainge
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      Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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      October 13, 2021

      How have you sent it? If you used wetransfer that does sometime take a while but otherwise nothing seen.

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