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Re: Why is TOC and Index connected at the hip.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:24:20 GMT

You can hide tabs even after generating the Help file. You can have all three (TOC, Index and Search) or anyone or two of them as per your requirement. you just need to understand the internally javascript is running and you can make changes from the js files also. It it possible via editing the Whbar.js file from the project folder.

Say, for example- if you want to have only Content (TOC) and Search, and no Index tab; follow the below steps.

1. Edit the Whtbar.js file

2. Go to function addButton

3. Comment the code inside Else If (see below) and save the js file again.

4. Open index.htm file again, you will not see index tab anymore.

Same you can do for other tabs to hide them.

else if(sType=="idx")

{

var svTitle="Index";

/* Comment this code

sButton="<a title=\""+svTitle+"\" id=\"btnidx\" class=\"btnidx\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"showIndex();return false;\">";

if(!sI1)

sI1=gsIIndex;

if(!sI2)

sI2=gsIIndexS;

if(!sI4)

sI4=gsIIndexS;

goIdx=new button(sType,sTitle,nWidth,nHeight,sI1,sI2,sI3,sI4,sI5,sI6);

gaObjBtns[nBtn]=goIdx;

if(nStyle&BTN_TEXT)

sText=goIdx.sText

if(nStyle&BTN_IMG)

sI=getImage(goIdx,svTitle);

sButton+=genButton(sText,sI,nStyle);

sButton+="</a>";

bState=true;

comment code */

}

Re: Why is TOC and Index connected at the hip.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 13:20:55 GMT

Thanks Rick, I'll give it a try.

Worked great. I thought I might want some day to use the Index so I created a new index name called "Empty Index" and set it up as the one to use on a build and no Index tab after a build. Thanks again Rick; Mike

Re: Why is TOC and Index connected at the hip.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 22:42:38 GMT

Hi there

It's possible to have a TOC and no Index. It's also possible to have and Index and no TOC. Just create a project that has nothing in the TOC or the Index and compile. I tested this earlier to confirm my suspicions and here is what I found.

Cheers... Rick

Why is TOC and Index connected at the hip.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:56:26 GMT

Why do you have to have TOC and Index tabs together? Why can't you have one without the other?