Auto-generate a Back to Top Link?

[CHCR]

Sorry if this has been answered before — the search function thinks my terms are too generic to return any results!

Is there a way to automatically generate a Back to Top link at the bottom of each topic in Web Help? I know we're advised to keep topics short, but some of ours just can't be helped, and it would be nice if the user had a quick way to get back to the beginning.

[nickatwork]

Have a google for 'back to top javascript' - most likely what you are after. You should be able to add this code to your master page and that will place it on every page - though it would look a little weird if it was on a short page where it wasnt required, so maybe you could just drop the code on the pages that exceed a single page length.

Good luck.
Nick

[NorthEast]

One of our help projects uses:

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javascript:window.scrollTo(0,0);

(You could use that as the href or as an onclick action.)

[crdmerge]

For a non-JavaScript solution, the pound sign denotes the start of the HTM page:

<a href="#">Top of page</a>


Good luck,
Leon

[CHCR]

Thanks for the suggestions!

So..... I'm not really savvy enough to delve into code, here. I like the sound of Leon's solution because it seems the simplest. But I think I'm doing it wrong: I switched to XML view and stuck it in the code just above the </body> tag, but nothing happened...

[crdmerge]

Enclose it in a <p></p> tag container:

<p><a href="#">Top of page</a></p>

Then Save.

[LTinker68]

For a non-JavaScript solution, the pound sign denotes the start of the HTM page:

<a href="#">Top of page</a>

What happens if you have other bookmarks in that topic, including ones Flare would insert when you create a xref? Will having just the # in the href tag still work and go to the top of the page, or would it jump to the bookmark created by the xref (or toggle, etc.)?

[crdmerge]

The pound sign indicates to HTML an internal link.

* If a bookmark assignment follows the pound sign (#intro_section, #config_section, etc.), you jump to the bookmark.
* If nothing follows the pound sign, you jump to the top (effectively, a file refresh).

[CHCR]

Fabulous — thanks!