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Is the "Open Build Log" button in the Builds window not available?

Flare generates a .gitignore for these files when binding to source control such as ADO, and it doesn't show them in the Flare client by design as they are metadata. They simply tell Flare the pinned and recently used content in Variables, Images, Snippets etc. (for the respective Insert... dialogue...

I've never personally used it but I'll probably procure a licence later this year as our various Flare projects are getting bigger and bigger, but there is a paid solution on the market called Target Control - https://www.tbro.dk/ It's linked to officially by Flare from this page , so it's an advoca...

No guarantee but I have noticed that sometimes PDF output prefers CSS shorthand instead of explicit declarations so you could try that:

Microsoft PowerToys has a File Locksmith/What's using this file utility that is very useful for seeing why a file is locked.

Yes this is a frustrating issue with Flare and dropdowns. I recommend you use flex for your layouts in a column with the footer being aligned with the flex-end. Flex is amazing and solves all sorts of layout problems such as this. Excellent help for flex is here - https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css...

I would personally that you get into some sort of Source Control urgently, as it can save you from a lot of issues. Do you use ADO etc. at your company? How come you'll be able to use GitHub "eventually", why the delay?

I tested putting it in <script> tags in the head of my template page that has the buttons and it works fine for me on every page, perhaps try that?

You can put some jQuery into the skin that should achieve this, I've tested it locally in devtools but not in an actual build however.. $(document).keydown(function(e) { if (e.which == 39) { $(".next-topic-button").click(); } else if (e.which == 37) { $(".previous-topic-button")....

No problem! Yep Flare can be quite confusing/intimidating when you get started, but keep persevering!

It seems you might be doing things a little bit backwards. You don't need to have a variable set for each document type, you just use the target to set what the variables should be for that output. This way you can use one page layout, one variable set but have multiple targets in which you set the ...

Usually this is down to the font being installed for one user when it needs to be installed for all users.

I highly recommend PowerToys - it's a Microsoft-published set of utility tools with some fantastic features, one of them being batch image resizing in a directory.

This might well be due to Flare getting confused and not applying styles correctly, which can happen with MC| elements. I'd recommend inspecting the output with your browser developer tools and targeting the exact elements you want to style. The downside of this is that the styles won't be reflected...

Did you ensure this option was checked in the advanced target settings?



(Advanced > Synchronize navigation elements with TOC entries) - In case the image doesn't work on these AWFUL forums.

Hi, a dropdown hotspot is automatically created within the dropdown head when you add dropdown text to a topic. You can select different text within the dropdown head if you want to change which text acts as the hotspot, then you'll see the option is selectable.

@Trent Sorry but I don't agree here. Flare is just plain weird with a lot of behaviours and this is one of them. I have SSO enabled for our Central licence and frequently get logged out of it on the Flare side and have to put my full work credentials in to sign into my Microsoft account to allow me ...

Hi, is it possible to use image conditions at snippet/topic level so I can use the same image multiple times but show/hide specific annotations based on the context the image appears in? The image is properly connected to the project as I can see all the project condition sets and my annotation is c...

I see this post is a few weeks old but I'm curious if you solved this? Hopefully you managed to figure it out!

Have you used a Batch Target?

@RStreets that was exactly the fix I needed, thank you!

I have raised a bug for this, but hoping the community has some insight/workaround. I have a Time/Date variable that updates on each file save and works perfectly in local builds, however when the project is pushed to central and built into a central-hosted site, all instances of the timestamp are u...

I would have thought setting a width or min-width of 50%/50vw on the cell that usually contains the breadcrumbs would resolve this?

Ah sorry, I misunderstood, but this might still be possible by appending #mysection to your URL where mysection is the bookmark name.

Apologies jonestone, I mistyped!