Change the orientation of the navigation pane accordions

[jcollins]

Is there a way to change the orientation of the accordions in the navigation pane for WebHelp? It appears that you can change the location of the entire navigation pane (left, right, top, or bottom), but I haven't found a setting that changes where the accordions appear within the navigation pane. Currently, I have the navigation pane position set to Left, and the accordions appear at the bottom of the pane. We'd like to change the orientation so the accordions appear at the top of the pane, so they are more obvious to users. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[LTinker68]

Not via the Flare Skin Editor. Mike Hamilton showed a site on the MadCap Software site that someone had designed that didn't look at all like the usual tri-pane layout. That site had horizontal links with drop-downs on the navigation. I can't remember where he went on the MadCap site -- perhaps the case studies -- but it can be done. However, it requires extreme hacking of the skin files. If you contact MadCap Support, perhaps they can point you to the site and then you could use a contact link on the site to contact someone to see how they set it up.

[jcollins]

OK. Thanks for the info!

[MCPBecker]

Did anyone find an answer for this? I also want to put my accordion controls at the top left.

[ToddPh]

Not via the Flare Skin Editor. Mike Hamilton showed a site on the MadCap Software site that someone had designed that didn't look at all like the usual tri-pane layout. That site had horizontal links with drop-downs on the navigation. I can't remember where he went on the MadCap site -- perhaps the case studies -- but it can be done. However, it requires extreme hacking of the skin files. If you contact MadCap Support, perhaps they can point you to the site and then you could use a contact link on the site to contact someone to see how they set it up.

Are you thinking of FlareStrap by any chance? http://flarestrap.com/