Changing hotspot formats

Expanding and drop-down hotspots are specially formatted text that displays additional text or images when clicked. The hotspot text is uniquely formatted so users can recognize it as a clickable item. You can customize the formatting for your projects.

Note: When you change hotspot formats (such as colors) in the topic or in the style sheet, the hotspots are displayed using your format choices.

There are two ways to change hotspot formats. You can either change the formatting in a single topic or you can change the default settings for all topics that use the hotspots by changing the style sheet.

  1. To change hotspot formatting in a single topic:

Tips:

  • If your project uses multiple style sheets, you'll need to modify each style sheet attached to topics that use hotspots.

  • To remove a hotspot and its associated text, select (highlight) the hotspot text. From the right-click menu, select Remove Expanding Text/Remove Drop-down Text.

  • If you remove the word or phrase used as a hotspot, the special effect is removed from the topic.

  • You can click Undo to restore the special effect.