Robohelp 2022 - Filter button not showing on Output (Frameless Oceanic)

[JenniR_12]

I am having an issue where the Filter opitions are not showing on my Frameless Oceanic Output.  It all looks right in the skin editor, but once I generate and view, it's gone.  See screenshots below.  First screenshot shows the Filter option in the skin editor and the 2nd screenshot shows the actual output where Filter is missing.  oes anyone know why or how to correct this?

[Peter Grainge]

To apply a tag to all the untagged topics, the quickest way I can think of would be to go to the Topic List. Add Topic Condition Tags to the view and sort by that. Select all the untagged topics and right click. In Properties add the new tag in one hit.

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[Peter Grainge]

The standard search is what it is. Filters reduce what the user can see and search on so I would say you need them. Yes it is going to be difficult without the input of a subject matter expert guiding you. 

The preview is not meant to be exact but close to. Some people will use scripts that change things at the end of the generation process. The preview cannot account for them. Also the preview has no knowledge of what settings you might apply in the preset. There are also parts you can set to not display. They have to remain in the preview so that you can change that option. These are things you will find out as you go.

As with any software, teach yourself is always going to be more difficult than being taught. 

1. Try reading a topic a day on my site.
2. Try Kevin Siegel's Iconlogic site. Courses you can attend, tutorials you can download and one to one. Fees are payable.

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[JenniR_12]

Thanks, Peter.  I appreicate you 🙂

[Peter Grainge]

Item 53 at https://www.grainge.org/RoboHelp_Gems/RoboHelp_Gems.htm#miscellaneous also covers search priorities.

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[Peter Grainge]

I just tested the Orange and Oceanic templates with my site. I applied one tag to one topic and another tag to another topic. All other topics were left untagged. The filter button appeared and worked just fine.

It should not be necessary to tag all topics so something else is at play.

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[JC @ Salient]

Yes, it was a problem with my build tags. I think the filters was not showing up because my tagged topics were not being included like I thought they were.