HTML 5 Search

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ttmatt
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HTML 5 Search

Post by ttmatt »

Is there a way for the HTML5 output to highlight text that was searched on? Also if I search on a word that is within a toggler (hidden) the text is not showing when I search on it. I would expect this to work like Webhelp where it expands the togglers and highlights the word being searched. Am I missing a setting\style where this can be changed for HTML5?
LTinker68
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Re: HTML 5 Search

Post by LTinker68 »

Nope, you're not missing it. There's another post related to this. Apparently MadCap decided highlighting search results wasn't necessary in HTML5 output. (Why, I have no idea.)

If you want the capability in HTML5 output, make sure to submit a feature request at http://www.madcapsoftware.com/bugs/submit.aspx. I actually submitted it as a bug report because to me it's a capability they took away, but when I submitted the bug I was told it was submitted as a feature request. That may just be semantics, though, but in case it's not, submit it as a bug report.
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ThomasH
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Re: HTML 5 Search

Post by ThomasH »

I also did request this feature, but still I wanted to ask if anyone here uses some kind of workaround for this Issue?

Lacking real javascript-knowledge I suppose you could trigger some script which highlights the term when the user searches. Does anyone use something similar or knows how to implement it?

Appreciate any constructive feedback!
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Re: HTML 5 Search

Post by Ineffable »

Yup, sign me up for this as well. Submitted a Feature Request.

My customers went nuts after realizing this feature disappeared when I offered HTML5 WebHelp.

My workaround has been to provide a link to the original WebHelp system. My help system has hundreds of long pages filled with tables that have a lot of part numbers; they need to be able to quickly spot a part number to read its corresponding description.

I'm no JS master, but I am working on my own custom solution. Let's see who gets there first--me or Flare's developers!
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Re: HTML 5 Search

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Ineffable wrote: I'm no JS master, but I am working on my own custom solution. Let's see who gets there first--me or Flare's developers!
Please keep us up to date regarding your scripting efforts! We are really longing for this feature!
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Re: HTML 5 Search

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ThomasH wrote:
Ineffable wrote: I'm no JS master, but I am working on my own custom solution. Let's see who gets there first--me or Flare's developers!
Please keep us up to date regarding your scripting efforts! We are really longing for this feature!
I was beaten to it! http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... =9&t=15678
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Re: HTML 5 Search

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Ineffable wrote:
ThomasH wrote:
Ineffable wrote: I'm no JS master, but I am working on my own custom solution. Let's see who gets there first--me or Flare's developers!
Please keep us up to date regarding your scripting efforts! We are really longing for this feature!
I was beaten to it! http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... =9&t=15678
Thank you - I already found that topic and implemented the solution right away.
Thanks anyway for the info!
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Re: HTML 5 Search

Post by mabel01 »

They added this in Flare 9. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble because the Remove Highlights button isn't removing all the highlights if you search for multiple words. Also, a drop-down is not expanded to show where the search terms were found within the drop-down. I will add another post and submit a bug to MadCap for this.
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