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Shawn_K__N_
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May 17, 2006
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Would like to put a pop-up in expanding text. Can anyone tell me how?

  • May 17, 2006
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I have a need for creating popups within expanding text. A colleague tells me there may be a script out there to drop into the code that would allow me to do that. Can anyone give me some guidance about that? Or does anyone have any other recommended work-arounds for this? I tried putting popups within popups but that doesn't work either. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Lynn_Sterchi
Inspiring
May 18, 2006
Hi Shawn,

I'm using RoboHelp version X5 and been able to do this within RoboHelp and no extra scripting. This is how it works for me. Add your expanding text link as you normally would. (Highlight the area to have the expanding text link, click the DHTML menu, click Create Expanding Hotspot Text.) In the Expanding Text Editor, add your content and your pop-up as you normally would. (Highlight the area to have the pop-up link, right-click, click Insert Hyperlink, select you link to topic, click to display in auto-sizing pop-up.)

Hope you find this helpful.
Lynn
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Shawn_K__N_Author
Participant
May 18, 2006
Hi Lynn,

I'm having some trouble with your instructions. First, when I right-click, I do not have the option Insert Hyperlink. Second, I don't want to insert a hyperlink, I'd like to insert a pop-up. Third, I don't understand when you say "Select your link to topic," I'm not trying to link to a topic, I'm trying to insert a pop-up. And fourth, I don't know what "Click to display in auto-sizing pop-up" means. Display what in auto-sizing pop-up? Aren't you having me hyperlink to a topic (which I think may be your work-around, but I'm not sure), not insert a pop-up? I'm sorry I'm so confused.

When I'm in the Expanding Text Editor, I do not have an option to create a pop-up. Is there a way to get around this and insert a pop-up some other way?
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KittyLiz
Inspiring
May 18, 2006
Shawn,

There are two types of pop-ups. One links to another topic and shows it in a "pop-up" window. I believe this is what Lynn was talking about. However, the Text-Only pop-up may be what you want. Regardless of the type of pop-up, you must first highlight the text that is the link to the pop-up, even if it is for a text-only pop-up.

To create a text-only popup:
1. In the WYSIWYG Editor, select text that users will click to see the text-only popup.
2. From the Insert menu, select Text-only Popup. (This doesn't appear unless you select text to become the hotspot for the link).
3. When the small popup window opens, type text directly onto the window.
4. When you are finished, press ENTER.
(Quoted from RoboHelp "Creating text-only popups" topic.)

The problem... you are correct that RoboHelp doesn't seem to allow you to create a text-only pop-up from expanding DHTML. Personally, I'm not sure why you don't just include the text into the expansion instead of adding a pop-up as another "click" for the user. Anyway, it was dimmed in my test. However, I was able to create a text-only popup using drop-down DHTML.

Hope this clears it up for you a little.

Kitty

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