WebHelp ignoring non-print style

[rlauriston]

If I make PDF the primary target and use the following styles, the WebHelp output uses the print format, with page number:

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MadCap|xref.FigureTitle{
	mc-format: '{paranum} {quote}{paratext}{quote} (on page {page})';}
@media non-print{
	MadCap|xref.FigureTitle
	{mc-format: '{paranum} {quote}{paratext}{quote}';}}
@media print{
	MadCap|xref.FigureTitle
	{mc-format: '{paranum} {quote}{paratext}{quote} (on page {page})';}}

If I make WebHelp the primary target and use the following styles, the x-ref format is correct in both:

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MadCap|xref.FigureTitle{
	mc-format: '{paranum} {quote}{paratext}{quote}';}
@media non-print{
	MadCap|xref.FigureTitle{
		mc-format: '{paranum} {quote}{paratext}{quote}';}}
@media print{
	MadCap|xref.FigureTitle{
		mc-format: '{paranum} {quote}{paratext}{quote} (on page {page})';}}

Any suggestions on where to look for the source of this problem?

[NorthEast]

Just to be clear, are you talking about the actual output - not the preview?
The preview will not show the correct xref text (just the same placeholder text as the editor), but it will be correct in the output.
Also, the target set as primary won't affect any of your styles; it'll just affect what you see by default in the editor/preview.

Your styles are fine, so if you're seeing this in the output then it suggests your target isn't using the non-print medium.
From your examples, the WebHelp appears to use the default (not print) xref format; so check the medium on your WebHelp target Advanced tab is set to non-print - I'd guess it's set to (Default).

[rlauriston]

... the WebHelp appears to use the default (not print) xref format; so check the medium on your WebHelp target Advanced tab is set to non-print - I'd guess it's set to (Default).

Indeed. I presumed it was something like that, just couldn't find it. I guess this is something to watch out for if you change the default medium. Thanks.

[NorthEast]

If it's set to (Default), then that means no medium is used.

The "(Default)" medium label used in this setting and in the Stylesheet editor is a bit misleading; it'd make more sense if it said None.

[rlauriston]

If it's set to (Default), then that means no medium is used.

The "(Default)" medium label used in this setting and in the Stylesheet editor is a bit misleading; it'd make more sense if it said None.

I'm not sure why, but you can specify default, print, and non-print versions of the same style. See the code snippets I posted.

[LTinker68]

You don't need to specify styles in every medium -- you should only do it if part of the style should be different in one medium from the default medium. All named mediums (print, non-print, any custom medium you create) inherit from the "default" medium, but named mediums don't inherit from each other. (Well, not automatically. There could be a way to specify that by code, but it's not the normal behavior.) So in your code block, you didn't need to specify a different style for non-print because it was the same as the default style, which it would inherit anyway. The style declaration for print you needed because you changed the style for that tag slightly, so it will override that part of the style from how it was declared in the default medium.

[rlauriston]

You don't need to specify styles in every medium -- you should only do it if part of the style should be different in one medium from the default medium.

Exactly. I can't think of any reason that you'd define the same style in print and non-print. I only did that because I was troubleshooting.