Text Elements

Drop-Down Text

  • Paragraph text can be formatted into a dropdown block which requires a header and a body of text. An example of this is shown below.

  • Drop-Down text blocks are annotated in the editor as <MadCap:dropDown>

  • Drop-Down text requires a hotspot and the text body.

  • All styles related to Drop-Down text elements are controlled in the main stylesheet as :

    1. MadCap | dropDown

    2. MadCap | dropDownBody

    3. MadCap | dropDown Head

    4. MadCap | dropDownHotspot

Text formatting within the editor can be done at a local level by highlighting the word or phrase and setting a local style such as :

  • bold

  • italic

  • underline

  1. To create drop-down text, use the cursor select the text body and the header.

  2. Navigate to Insert > Drop-Down Text.

  3. The selected text will be formatted as such in the editor.

Updating Drop-Down Text

All text within the Drop-Down Text element, shown outlined below, is sub-formatted using the style elements of the main stylesheet and can be updated as normal text.

Unbinding Drop-Down Text

To 'unbind' the Drop-Down Text element and return it to normal formatted text do the following :

  1. Navigate to the <MadCap:dropDown> tab in the left structure bar of the editor.

  2. Right click and select Unbind Drop-Down Text from the context menu. This will return the drop-down text element to normal <p> text.

 

See Also

Text Formatting

Bullets & Numbering

Creating & Formatting Tables

Inserting & Formatting Images

Creating & Inserting Snippets

Creating & Inserting Hyperlinks

Text Popups

Block Quotes

Conditional Text