Bullet style defined as "disc" in CSS is inserted as "circle"

[Ioana_S]

We use RH9 with RSC. I've been wondering about this problem for a few weeks and maybe someone here has an idea why it's happening...

The bullet style is defined as "disc" in our CSS, yet when I insert a bulleted list (using the button on the RH toolbar), my bullets end up as "circle" style. I don't use any other formatting on the bullets (the HTML I get is just <ul style="circle"><li>blahblah</li</ul>). The weird thing is that's it's only happening for me. My coworker opened the same project and she's getting "disc" bullets correctly.

It's not a major problem, I just go in the HTML and fix the bullets manually, but it's really bugging me. Is there a global setting in RH (or Windows?) that I messed up? Did I somehow set "circle" bullets as my default and that's overwriting the CSS?

[Peter Grainge]

I am guessing this is not source control related but because of the way you have defined lists.

In older versions of Rh you could define a paragraph style as a list. Since Rh8 lists have to be defined as list styles but you can superimpose a paragraph style for characteristics such as as font size and colour for the text. See Lists on my site and the link to Upgrading.

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[Ioana_S]

Hi Peter,

I know what you mean, but I'm pretty sure it's not that. The CSS doesn't have any kind of RH7-type styles.This is how the list styles are defined:

UL {

    list-style-type: disc;

    text-align: Left;

    font-family: Arial;

    margin-top: 6pt;

    margin-bottom: 0pt;

    line-height: Single;

    font-size: 9pt;

}

LI {

    font-family: Arial;

    margin-left: 10pt;

    margin-top: 6pt;

    margin-bottom: 0pt;

    font-size: 9pt;

}

The weird thing is that it's working for everyone (4 other writers) except myself. It worked fine for me too until 2-3 weeks ago (we've been using RH9 and this CSS for a year)... so I'm thinking I did something on my machine that broke it.

[Peter Grainge]

That makes me rethink my original conclusion and question whether source control is at play here. I wonder if you have tried checking out a fresh copy of the project?

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[Ioana_S]

I deleted my source files and got everything again from source control. Same problem, even though the CSS is fine in source control and on my machine. As I said, this is not stopping me from working, but it's driving me nuts because I can't understand it!

[Peter Grainge]

Create a new project locally and create a topic using the same CSS. Do you still see the problem?

If you do, change the CSS to default.css. Do you still see the problem?

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[Willam_van_Weelden]

Hi,

When you switch to HTML mode, what is the HTML of the list?

Greet,

Willam

[Peter Grainge]

@Willam

The HTML is shown earlier in the thread.

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[Willam_van_Weelden]

The problem is that RoboHelp is inserting a type attribute for every list you add. It can overwrite the CSS if you use a style for UL. To add to the problem, the RoboHelp WYSIWYG will incorrectly show the 'type' even if you overwrite the style in your CSS.

Personally, I always switch to HTML and remove the type attribute whenever I add a list. I believe this is a bug. Please report this to Adobe via https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform When more people report this bug, Adobe will be more likely to fix this behaviour.

Greet,

Willam

[Ioana_S]

Peter, I haven't had time to test this with my CSS and a new project - I'll do it tomorrow.

Willam, my problem isn't with RH inserting the type attribute.. it's the fact that it's inserting a "disc" attribute for 4 people but not myself, when we're using the same stylesheet! The stylesheet I created, even, and which worked fine for a year.

(For the record, I actually prefer the current behavior - when it's working. It makes sure that my "level 1" lists will always be "disc" and then I can manually change "level 2" lists to "circle".)

(As another aside, thank you both for the help you provide on the forums. My coworkers are always suprised when I manage to fix something with just a short search )

[Peter Grainge]

@Ioana_S

Any joy?

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[Ioana_S]

Sorry, busy times at work... I tried it just now with a new project and no luck, still circles.

[Peter Grainge]

See the Contact page on my site and send the new project as instructed there. Do make sure you include a link to this thread and please do not email the project direct.

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