9.7.2 Choosing whether to use expanding contents or index

By default, OmniHelp includes an expanding table of contents and an expanding index:

• Click the "+" icon in front of an entry to display subentries; the icon changes to "-".

• Click the "-" icon to make the subentries disappear; the icon changes back to a "+".

To collapse lower-level entries so you can browse to other topics via the contents, click the current top topic entry first, then click the "-" icon.

You can turn off the expansion feature, so that contents or index entries display fully expanded at all times. Also, some older browsers (for example, Netscape Navigator 4.x) cannot display expanding contents or index, so you would not see the expansion feature even with the default settings.

Contents expansion

To omit expanding display of contents subentries, and always display all levels:

[OmniHelpOptions]

; TocExpand = Yes (default) or No (do not use expanding TOC)

TocExpand=No

Index expansion

To omit expanding display of index subentries, and always display all levels:

[OmniHelpOptions]

; IdxExpand = Yes (default) or No (do not use expanding Index)

IdxExpand=No

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