Oxygen Publishing Engine V24.1

WebHelp Output

• Added Ant extension points for WebHelp - Ant target extension points have been added to allow custom tasks to be executed before and after various WebHelp transformation steps.
• Optimized context-sensitive help - A new page has been added in the output root directory to help speed up the loading time for context-sensitive help. More specifically, the file name used for context-sensitive help has been changed from index.html to cshelp.html.
• Control the sticky layout for various components in WebHelp output - New transformation parameters have been added to allow you to control whether or not certain components remain sticky in the WebHelp output interface:
  • webhelp.enable.sticky.topic.toc - Controls whether or not the Topic TOC component remains sticky. The default setting is yes.
  • webhelp.enable.sticky.publication.toc - Controls whether or not the Publication TOC component remains sticky. The default setting is yes.
  • webhelp.enable.sticky.header - Controls whether or not the Header section remains sticky. The default setting is yes.
• Optimized top menu - The top menu has been optimized by adding a short delay before it is being displayed to help you avoid accidentally triggering a menu item.

PDF Output

• Absolute positioning is now supported - The processor now supports absolute positions for inline elements. For example, you could define custom CSS rules to display an image in a certain absolute position within the document or paragraph.
• Replace media with links - A new transformation parameter (show.media.as.link) can now be used to display media objects with an external link instead of a graphic.
• Sort glossary alphabetically and grouped by first letter - You can set the new sort.and.group.glossentries transformation parameter to yes to have the glossary entries sorted alphabetically and grouped by the first letter of the word. By default, they are inserted based upon the document order.

Component Updates

• The DITA Open Toolkit version bundled with Oxygen Publishing Engine has been updated to version 3.7.0.