All,
In my help file topics I have a Related Information text box that floats at the top along the right side. In it I have link to related topics elsewhere in the file.
1. How can I set the text box to auto expand or contract based on the number of links in the box? Currently the text box isn't big enough for all the links or too big and there is a lot of empty space.
2. The positioning of the text box looks fine in WYSIWYG mode where all the text wraps before it gets to the text box. On some topics this appears OK in preview mode and in other topics the text appears below the text box and there is a huge amount of white space the length of the text box.
Does this make any sense? How can I correctly set up the Related Information floating text box to be consistent from topic to topic. I don't have this problem with RH.
I have added a copy of screenshots so you can see what I mean. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
How to set floating text box to contain all topic links
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How to set floating text box to contain all topic links
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Greg Davis
Senior Technical Writer - Made2Manage
Consona ERP
Senior Technical Writer - Made2Manage
Consona ERP
Re: How to set floating text box to contain all topic links
Did you specify a height for your DIV? You might need to set the height to "auto". And you might need to set/adjust the overflow property. I don't remember what the possible values are off the top of my head (I don't have Flare open at the moment), but play around with those two properties.
Lisa
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Re: How to set floating text box to contain all topic links
Lisa,
Thanks for the pointers. That worked. I adjusted the height of the div to auto and then set the size-height of the text box to default and now they work. Both the size of the text box encompasses all the links and the text wraps to the size of the text box.
Thanks for the pointers. That worked. I adjusted the height of the div to auto and then set the size-height of the text box to default and now they work. Both the size of the text box encompasses all the links and the text wraps to the size of the text box.
Greg Davis
Senior Technical Writer - Made2Manage
Consona ERP
Senior Technical Writer - Made2Manage
Consona ERP