Defining Popup Windows
You can use popup windows to display brief additional information about a word or phrase, such as a glossary definition for a term in a topic. A popup window displays a link in a topic, which indicates to users they can hover over or click on the link, which displays the additional content. Popup windows streamline the initial content and allow users to choose whether the want to view the additional content.
To create a popup window, writers first create a link in the original text to the content it should display. Writers create this link using the link features in their source document application. Then, the writers can implement the popup window using markers or paragraph styles.
You need to assign popup behavior options to your paragraph and marker styles in your Stationery.
Using Marker Styles to Create Popup Windows
The default marker styles that define popup windows are Popup, PopupOnly, and PopupEnd. The writer inserts these markers into the source documents to specify what content to display through the popup window, and whether the popup content is displayed in only a popup window or in both a popup window and a clickable link that displays the content in a different topic. Some output formats support displaying the content only in a popup window.
Using Paragraph Styles To Create Popup Windows
You can define paragraph styles in your source documents to create popup windows. This approach avoids the need for markers, but you may need to create more styles in your source document templates. You can define both marker styles and paragraph styles to create different popup windows in your content.
To define paragraph styles for popup windows
  1. Open your Stationery design project.
  2. On the View menu, click Style Designer.
  3. On the Project menu, click a target in the Active Target menu option that is an output format that supports this option.
  4. In Paragraph Styles, select the paragraph style you want to define as the first paragraph of a popup window.
    This paragraph style is applied only to the first paragraph of content that should be displayed in a popup window. If a popup window may contain more than one paragraph of content, you need to create a second paragraph style and apply it to all paragraphs following the first paragraph that should be displayed in the popup window.
  5. On the Options tab, select the appropriate value for the Popup option, such as Define or Define with no output. For more information about this option, click Help.
  6. Select the paragraph style you want to define as one of the paragraphs of a popup window that follows the first paragraph of the popup window.
  7. On the Options tab, select the appropriate value for the Popup option, such as Append or Append with no output. For more information about this option, click Help.
Assigning a Page Style to Popup Windows
If you have popup windows in your content, the appearance of the popup windows matches the rest of your topic pages, including breadcrumbs and company information. If you want to assign a different page style to your popup windows, you need to create a new page style and assign it to your popup paragraph styles.
Note: If you are using marker styles to create popup windows, you cannot use page styles to control the appearance of your popup windows. This process applies only to popup windows created with paragraph styles.
To assign a page style to popup windows
  1. Open your Stationery design project.
  2. On the View menu, click Style Designer.
  3. On the Project menu, click a target in the Active Target menu option that is an output format that supports this option.
  4. Create a new page style for popup windows by completing the following steps:
    1. In Page Styles, click the New Style button. ePublisher adds a new page style called Untitled.
    2. Enter the name for the new page style, such as Popup Windows.
    3. On the Properties tab and the Options tab, select the options you want to assign to this page style.
  5. In Paragraph Styles, select your popup paragraph style.
  6. On the Options tab, set Popup page style to the page style you created for popup windows, such as Popup Windows.
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Last modified date: 01/28/2026