Map editor: Possible to turn off auto @navtitle?

[edwardwoodward]

Hello.

Using Xmetal 9

With regard to this, will there be any change due to the navtitle element being recommended in place of the navtitle attribute?

We thought we would be smart and up-to-date and use the navtitle element, but Xmetal keeps recreating the redundant navtitle attribute, so we end up with both, which we don't want.

Cheers.

[Derek Read]

If you go into Tools > DITA Options you can select the Update Content tab and then uncheck the checkbox marked "topicref" (on the right).
This will stop @navtitle from being populated for <topicref> elements.

[edwardwoodward]

Thanks. That seems to work for any href in the map.

I don't suppose there's any way to hide the "Untitled Chapter", "Untitled Topic" etc. placeholder that is displayed in Tags On View and Normal View. (It shows up even if a navtitle element is set.)

[Derek Read]

You will need to alter some CSS.

Add the following to one of these files (which you need to change depends on your DITA version setting from Tools > DITA Options):
C:\Program Files (x86)\XMetaL 9.0\Author\DITA\XACs\1.1\map\map-base-override.css
C:\Program Files (x86)\XMetaL 9.0\Author\DITA\XACs\1.2\map\map-base-override.css

[class~="map/topicref"]:before{
   content: " ";
}

The other selector that is involved with this shows the @navtitle value when set (so you wouldn't alter it). But in case you did want to change it the selector is this one:


[class~="map/topicref"][navtitle]:before{
   content: " " attr(navtitle) " ";
   display: inline;
}

[edwardwoodward]

Thanks again, but that doesn't seem to make any difference.

[Derek Read]

Sorry, I missed the clue "Untitled Chapter" and just zeroed in on "map".
You're working with a bookmap I guess, and in that case you can make overrides in one of these files (depending on DITA version):

C:\Program Files (x86)\XMetaL 9.0\Author\DITA\XACs\1.1\bookmap\bookmap-base-override.css
C:\Program Files (x86)\XMetaL 9.0\Author\DITA\XACs\1.2\bookmap\bookmap-base-override.css

You could also go directly into the main CSS file (which loads all the others that contain the actual CSS settings), bookmap_bookmap.css, and make changes there. The result would be the same.

[edwardwoodward]

Thanks again.

FYI, the changes to the override files didn't make any difference, but the change to bookmap_bookmap did the trick.