6.8.1 Understanding pop-up hotspots, links, and topics
In FrameMaker, you delimit a pop-up hotspot by applying a dedicated character or paragraph format to text from which the topic is to be accessed. You provide a link to the pop-up topic with either of the following:
• a cross reference (except for HTML Help) from the hotspot
• a hypertext link inserted in the hotspot.
Do not place any other markers within the hotspot area.
Properties you assign to the hotspot format cause a new window to pop up, displaying the referenced topic, when you click the hotspot.
Except in HTML Help, you define pop-up topics like any other topics; only the way they are displayed makes them different from "normal" topics. If you are viewing this information in an HTML-based Help system (other than HTML Help), this is a hotspot for a pop-up window.
If you are using JavaHelp 2 to view this information, the only active part of the hotspot is an icon that immediately precedes the hotspot text. See §10.7.1.4 Specifying window-access object properties. |
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