Display URL for the current topic in HTML5 output?

todd.richardson · Post by **todd.richardson** » Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:19 pm

Hi,

We install HTML5 Help locally with our software. A subset of our user base does not have a web browser installed on their dev machine. For these users, we provide a very simple frame in which the local Help is displayed. We're looking for a way to display the URL of the current topic somewhere in the local HTML5 output, either through the skin or master page, so that it can be easily copied/pasted into correspondence with our Support team when a doc issue needs to be reported.

Has anyone achieved this, or does anyone have suggestions for how this might be accomplished?

Thanks,

zappy0 · Post by **zappy0** » Fri Oct 09, 2020 2:40 pm

Because you install HTML5 Help locally, I assume the URL is something like file:///C:/application/help/topic.html.

You might be able to add some inline javascript to your master page. Something such as:

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    <body>
        <p><b>[%=Primary.docTitle2%]</b></p>
		[b]<p id="urlLine">
		<script>document.getElementById("urlLine").innerHTML = "The full URL of this page is: " + window.location.href;</script>
		</p>[/b]
        
        <MadCap:bodyProxy />
    </body>

This would add the page URL to the top of each topic that uses the master page. You mentioned you display the help in a "very simple frame" so this might not work if the frame is not capable of running javascript.

Good luck!

todd.richardson · Post by **todd.richardson** » Tue Oct 13, 2020 7:53 am

Thanks @zappy0. Worth a try.

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