7.8.2 Defining a pop-up hotspot
To define a hotspot, in FrameMaker apply a dedicated character or paragraph format to either of the following:
• the text of a cross reference
• text that contains a hypertext link.
If you want content (or an autonumber, or a page reference) from the pop-up material to appear as a hotspot, use a cross reference; if not, use a hypertext link.
If you use a cross reference for a hotspot, make sure the hotspot character format is applied to the reference string (<$paratext>) in the cross-reference definition. If another character format intervenes (for example, if your cross-reference format is defined as <HotspotFmt><Bold><$paratext>), the intended hotspot format is turned off before it can be used.
Entire paragraph (by accident)
If you do not apply a character format to hotspot text for a hypertext link, the entire paragraph becomes a hotspot.
If you use a paragraph format (such as the text of a generated-file reference) for a hotspot, and some of the text in the paragraph has a character format applied, you must assign property ParaLink to the paragraph format.
See §5.10 Creating hotspots for hypertext links.
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