Skip to main content
A
abp456
Known Participant
March 7, 2014
Question

Maintain Index Search Display

  • March 7, 2014
  • 2 replies
  • 776 views

Is there a way to maintain an Index search display while viewing the assigned topics? For example, if I search for keyword, the Index will display the keyword. If I click the keyword, RH displays all the assigned topics below it. When I click a topic, I lose that index search. I have to search my keyword again.

RH10-HTML5

This topic has been closed for replies.

2 replies

K
kennethc2
Known Participant
March 25, 2014

Users in my organization have also requested this feature. Users in my organization prefer the way the search in webhelp works where the search results show up in the left pane and remain visible.

Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
March 25, 2014

Please file a feature request for both the index and the search.

The search was one of the most requested features. I know a few people

who loathed the idea of a sidebar search in HTML5 when I suggested it to

them a few months ago. Good to hear that I'm not alone

Kind regards,

Willam

Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
March 26, 2014

I see merit in both approaches but on balance prefer using the topic pane as you can get more results in and more information about those results.

Perhaps you a button could be added for the user to select how they want the results to be displayed?

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge


I'm afraid it's a bit more work than that as the entire layout must be

updated. More important: the widgets do not currently support this

behaviour, so that will have to be changed by Adobe as well.

Kind regards,

Willam

Peter Grainge
Community Expert
Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 12, 2014

I think that depends on which screen layout you are using. It does what you want in the desktop layouts where there is space to keep the index open.

I guess what you want is that the index search does not flush while the instance of the help is open. I'll defer to Willam to advise if that could be achieved.

See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

Use the menu (bottom right) to mark the Best Answer or Highlight particularly useful replies. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here.
Willam van Weelden
Willam van Weelden
Inspiring
March 12, 2014

What exactly do you want to retain? The data entered in the search form

or the expanded index keyword?

I think both are possible, but will require quite a bit of tinkering

with the layout scripts.

Kind regards,

Willam

A
abp456Author
Known Participant
March 12, 2014

If I use the Index (not Search) to look for a keyword, I want the Index to maintain the aggegrated search results as I click through the associated topics for that keyword.

Example - I search for Product A, the Index displays "Product A." When I click Product A, I see all the topics associated with it.

Product A

     Case Studies

     Product Bulletin

     Hardware Spec Sheet

     Instalation Guide

     Presentation Deck

     and so on

As soon as I click one of the topics, I immediately lose the search results. My default Index displays, which means I have to search for Product A again to get the list back.

I want the expanded keyword with its sub-keywords to display until I either click on Contents or perform another search.

Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices