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Hi all,
Using Multiscreen HTML5 (RH 11.0.0.179) if you click on a table of contents entry towards the bottom of the list, the ToC jumps back to the top of the ToC, so you have to scroll back down to see the selected topic and other topics around it.
We've modified the skin so the ToC pane is a fixed height and has a vertical scroll bar.
Is there any way to make the ToC stay down the bottom where the selected topic is similar to the Webhelp ToC? Or make make the selected topic display at the top of the ToC pane?
Thanks,
Amber
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Not really. The problem is that the whole page reloads when you're using Multiscreen HTML5. And the TOC doesn't really allow you to jump to a location half way when the page loads.
This issue is fixed in Responsive HTML (RH11.0.3+). So if you can switch to Responsive, your problem would be fixed.
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Many thanks Willam.
Now to see if I can organise an upgrade.
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I'm using Responsive (11.0.4.291), and I think I'm having the same issue as you. I've discovered that when we navigate down through the TOC by using the book-toggle buttons (to expand different regions of the TOC), the TOC will keep jumping back up to the last 'highest' topic we were viewing. We then have to scroll back down to where we were navigating, to toggle the next book/chapter open. It's very frustrating. We've discovered that this anomaly doesn't occur if, when expanding the TOC, we click on the book/topic title instead of the toggle icon. All very well for us, in the office, but hopeless for our customers who need to use our online Help mechanisms too.
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That's a bit different to my problem; we have book and page icons so users seem to naturally click on the text rather than the icon.
I'm not sure if it's innate to the Multiscreen HTML5 output or to the fact that every book is linked to a topic, but clicking on either the book icon or the text loads the topic associated with the book.
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Here's a pic of what I mean, with the icons indicated.
Is this the same issue you were having?
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No, in my case, if Appointments and the Appointment Book represent the bottom of the browser window, if I scroll past there and click on the book (text) say 6 or 7 topics further on, then the clicked topic loads, but the table of contents jumps back to the top of the contents (so MedicalDirector Contact Information would be visible). Then I have to scroll down the page to get back to the book.
The table of contents scrolls with the topic content, not independently of the topic content.
Does that make sense?
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Yeah, it's similar to my problem.
My content loads okay in the right-hand panel too. But my TOC jumps back up/down to where I was last, not right back to the top (which is what I think you see). Interesting. If I find the issue/solution, I'll post it here.
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Keep in mind that Multiscreen and Responsive do work very differently, too.
P.S. I was going to post some screenshots to illustrate, but the forums keep telling me the image type is forbidden - I've tried png, gif and bmp. which is extremely weird as you posted an image recently. :S
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Ah yes. Ta.
Re the image, does this help?
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Ugh. Possible Chrome issue. :S