How to Change the "Show" link appearance in all WebHelp Topics

Report · Apr 01, 2012

Hi there,

I was wondering how to update the "Show" link in all of my help system topics.

I selected the "Show Navigation Pane Link in topics" option when publishing my WebHelp project in Robohelp 9, and a "Show" link appears above my breadcrumbs that allows the user to get back to the TOC pane when they launch a Context Sensitive Help link from the application.

This option is great - however, I would like to update the "Show" link to appear as a button, rather than a hyperlink. Is there a way to do this? I searched this forum but didn't come across anything, so I was hoping that someone out there could help me out with this.

I have attached a screen shot of my help system with the "Show" link circled....this is what I would like to update to something else.

Any advise on this would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks,

Andrea

Report · Apr 01, 2012

Hi, Andrea

You can change the text of the link fairly simply. But, I'm not aware of an out of the box solution to replacing that with a button. Perhaps Rick Stone has uncovered a hack in his Skinny on Skins that can offer a solution?

He's at http://www.robowizard.com

Meanwhile, if you want to change the Show text, here is the solution to that:

1. File > Project Settings > Click the Advanced button

2. Select the LNG tab

3. Under the [Common] category scroll to Show=Show

4. Edit the text after Show= to any text you like.

John Daigle

Adobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate Instructor

Evergreen, Colorado

www.showmethedemo.com

John Daigle
Adobe Certified RoboHelp and Captivate Instructor
Newport, Oregon

Report · Apr 01, 2012

Whaddaya know. I checked and Mr. Stone does indeed have a hack. Download his Skinny on Skins as I suggested above. When you download the .chm file, be sure to rightclick it and in Properties "Unbock" the file. Then when you open the file, look inside the book Topic Pages. There is a topic, Changing the "Show" link type in all topics (WebHelp Only) that contains the secret sauce.