Screen layout editor issues

[Chesterfield55]

I am trying t create a custom layout in RH11.

I have found the place where you can modify the appearance of the major layout components. But I cannot seem to find the place where you assemble those components to a custom layout.

I stumbled upon it once, but now the Screen Layout Editor seems to be hiding from me.

Will someone point me in the right direction?

Thank You!

DB

[Willam van Weelden]

The editor is meant to allow you to quickly modify the appearance of the Responsive Layouts. And it's just that: To help you customize without you having to go into the HTML and CSS.

If you want to create a fully custom layout, you can still do that. But it requires knowledge of HTML, CSS and optionally JavaScript as well. You open the Screen Layout Editor simply by opening one of the pages (TOC, Index, Topic, etc.) in the layout.

This makes me wondering, what exactly are you trying to achieve? A custom layout is not something I would recommend to most people as that involves a lot of work and requires considerable skills in CSS. Are you trying to amend the location of elements in the page?

Kind regards,

Willam

[Chesterfield55]

Thanks for the reply.

Lets just say that I don't want the title header to appear at all in my tablet or iPhone help panes, but I DO want it to appear in my desktop help.

How can I accomplish this in Responsive HTML?

TIA...

[Peter Grainge]

Then you need a Multiscreen HTML5 layout that delivers different layouts to different devices.

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See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge

[Chesterfield55]

Thank you Peter. I'm trying to learn about creating multiscreen HTML help. Is it me, or is the documentation for this system really weak?
I sure wish there was a Lynda.com course on Robohelp 11

Argh...

[Peter Grainge]

Take a look at my website. There is a project you can download and as well as demoing Multiscreen, there are explanatory notes.

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See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips

@petergrainge