Cannot see search hits when using drop-downs

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Gary Niemen
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Cannot see search hits when using drop-downs

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We are using Flare drop-downs for window fields. So, we have a page for each window and, on the page, names and description of all the fields. Each field/description pair is a drop-down. The problem is that when you search in HTML Help for a word that appears in the description, you get the hit in your search results window but you cannot see where the hits are unless you go down the page and expand all the drop-downs. This, of course, is not ideal. Anybody know if we can do anything about this?
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Re: Cannot see search hits when using drop-downs

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AFAIK that's the nature of the beast with HTML help, whether you build it with Flare or any other tool.
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Re: Cannot see search hits when using drop-downs

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Is there a way to compile HTML Help with the dropdowns expanded as opposed to collapsed?
Or, is there any way around this? Is there any way to keep our dropdowns and get our search hits showing up on the .chm?
Or, if we have to ditch the dropdowns, is there a way to unbind all drop-downs on a page in one go - instead of selecting them one by one?
Or, any other ideas?
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Re: Cannot see search hits when using drop-downs

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Gary Niemen wrote:Is there a way to compile HTML Help with the dropdowns expanded as opposed to collapsed?
See this topic --> http://forums.madcapsoftware.com/viewto ... f=6&t=7900
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Re: Cannot see search hits when using drop-downs

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Super tip, thank you.
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