Adobe RoboHelp – Adding DHTML Effects

Dynamic HTML or DHTML is used to create interactive web pages using a combination of HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and DOM. With DHTML, it is possible to add effects to HTML pages that are often difficult to achieve. RoboHelp allows you to add DHTML to your help projects.

Add DHTML Effects to a Topic

Select an element in the Design Editor and from the DHTML section of the Insert tab, click on the Effects dropdown menu, and select Effects.

Select event for initiating the effect from the When list and from the ‘What’ list, select the effect you want to apply. Adjust the relevant properties in the Settings section. DHTML effects are indicated with light grey hash marks.

Remove DHTML effects

With the topic open in the Design Editor, go the DHTML section of the Insert tab, click on the Effects dropdown menu and select Remove Effects

The light grey hash marks are no longer associated with the text or paragraph.

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