Using a drop-down hotspot indicator icon that change from + to -

[Nick27]

RH8 HTML 8.0.2

hi all,

I'm adding some drop down hotspots to a few topics that I'm working on and I'd like to have some indicator to show this.

We are wanting to use a + (plus) icon, that will then become a - (minus) when it is clicked, just something visual to show it.

Any ideas of how i can accomplish this easily?

Thanks,

Nick

[Willam van Weelden]

Hi,

Twisties perhaps? See: http://www.grainge.org/pages/authoring/twisty/twisty.htm

Greet,

Willam

This e-mail is personal. For our full disclaimer, please visit www.centric.eu/disclaimer.

[RoboColum_n_]

Note to self....I must be quicker off the mark to prevent stepping on Willam's toes. Sorry Willam. Hope it didn't hurt too much

---

• Read the RoboColum(n) for a tips, tricks and musings on the Technical Communication Suite products.
• Follow the RoboColum(n) on Twitter

[Willam van Weelden]

No note needed, you missed

Greet,

Willam

This e-mail is personal. For our full disclaimer, please visit www.centric.eu/disclaimer.

[TabbyW]

Hi,

Hope folks are still reading this thread, as I'm having this exact issue and thought it might be wasteful to create a new thread. I'm having trouble getting twisties to work for me in RH8 / Windows XP. Actually, it seems to work properly when I preview it within RH8, but not after WebHelp generation (via IE8), which doesn't make much sense to me.

Here is the code I edited for the Dropdown hotspot, perhaps you might see something here that looks glaring. I've followed the instructions to the Tee (I think). What am I missing?

Thanks so much for your help!!!

===========================

<p id="p2" style="margin-right: 2px; position: relative;"><a class="dropspot" href="javascript:TextPopup(this)" id="a2"

onclick="JavaScript:swapImages(this, dropdown1)" onfocus="this.blur()" style="position: relative; ">

<font id="font6" style="position: relative; "><img src="icon_expandErrorInfo.gif" name="dropdown1" alt="" id="dropdown1"

style="border: none;" width="9" height="9" border="0" />  How does the AP News Registry collect data?</font></a></p>

[RoboColum_n_]

Check out this link.

---

• Read the RoboColum(n) for a tips, tricks and musings on the Technical Communication Suite products.
• Follow the RoboColum(n) on Twitter

[Nick27]

Cheers guys.

Nick