How do I set RH7 windows to resize according to topics?

[RHGrace]

This seems like an obvious one, but maybe most of my questions do. Is there a way to set the windows in RH7 to resize automatically depending on the topics? I have looked at all the settings in the Window Properties and Advanced Properties and cannot figure it out. Thanks in advance for your help, you great RH geniuses.

Cheers,

Lacona

[RoboColum_n_]

We maybe are not as great as you think as I don't believe this can be achieved. It would be pretty disconcerting to the user as well I'd have thought. Just my two cents.

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[Captiv8r]

Hi there

For what it's worth, I agree with Colum in that it wouldn't be a good practice from the end user standpoint.

However, if you are producing WebHelp, you could accomplish some of it using JavaScript. It would be a bit tortuous and probably require tweaking the script for each topic to achieve the sizing you want. I like JavaScript to a point, but unless I *REALLY* wanted to accomplish it, I wouldn't go there.

Cheers... Rick

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[RHGrace]

Thanks for responding, Colum. So, the user needs to manually adjust windows to view all the text/graphics/tables/whatever? How do you best handle that in a project? Set the window for the largest topic? Limit the size--or at least the width--of the project? (I have some topis with just text and some with graphics which vary in size, so limiting the width might not be an option for me.) Any "best practices" advice?

[RoboColum_n_]

Well personally I don't ever use screen grabs unless they are either vital or add real value to the help. If I do use them I resize them to make them smaller but without loosing any clarity. For tables, always set the width to a percentage value which means that the table is a set percentage of whatever window size is displayed.

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