Configure skin to collapse, rather than hide, Help nav pane

[GSSue]

[Captiv8r]

Welcome to our community

I do believe I've covered that in the file you may download from the page linked below:

Click here to view

Cheers... Rick

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[GSSue]

I actually do have your chm on my local drive, and have used it for a cusomization or two, but I'm having a hard time identifying the topic that would help me collapse -- not hide -- the nav pane. Is this it:

[Captiv8r]

Hello again

Try this. Open the CHM, then click the TOC item labeled "Start Here". Then in the Topic Pane, just click the image for the TOC panel. The big blue area on the left side. The Navigation Pane. Then on the page that appears, try clicking the link in the bottom section that is labeled:

Hide the Navigation Pane when the WebHelp loads, leaving the Main Toolbar and the topic

Isn't that what you want to do?

Cheers... Rick

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[GSSue]

Actually, this is what i need it to do:

[Captiv8r]

Hello again

Okay, I think I now understand you. You want some new ability to make it work as "pinning" the pods works in the editor? Where it shows up as a tab and you hover or click to make the tab "fly out"?

I'm not saying it can't be done. But I know I'm not the person to tell you how to do it.

If it can, probably Willam is your best bet for telling you how.

Cheers... Rick

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[Willam_van_Weelden · Accepted solution]

Can it be done? Yes I think it can. It will require some tinkering in your output files though. Try the following:

(This is for RoboHelp 9, but previous versions should work but the line numbers may differ..)

1. Open whskin_frmset01.htm
2. Go to line 115 and replace oFrameset.cols = "0,*"; by oFrameset.cols = "50,*";.
3. Now go to the function isNAvPaneVisible()
4. Replace:

if (sPart2 != "*")

        {

            var n = parseInt(sPart2);

            if (n>0)

                bVisible = true;

        }

        else

        {

            if (sPart1 != "100%")

                bVisible = true;

        }

with:

if(sPart1 != "50") {

            bVisible = true;

        }

1. Save.
2. Make a backup of the modified file and past it in your output after you generate.

You can amend the value of 50 to get the width you desire.

Greet,

Willam

[GSSue]

thanks, this definately gets me started.