Default PDF formatting

[jmcham]

I am new to DITA and Oxygen XML. So, please bear with me. I have a million questions. This is my first one.

Out of the box, I was able to render PDF files so that the first topic in a chapter listed other topics on the left (hyperlinked) and the chapter overview text on the right.

I don't know what I changed, but this topic no longer renders this way. Instead, it just shows the text as a "normal" paragraph. There are no links to the subtopics in the chapter on the left.

What did I change and how do I fix it?

Thank you,
Julie

[Radu]

Hi Julie,

I think I already answered you (the problem was identical) on the DITA Users List but I'm also updating this thread:

If you edit the DITA Map to PDF transformation scenario, in the Parameters tab you should find a parameter called:

"args.chapter.layout"

By default the value is "MINITOC" which behaves as you explained.
Maybe you changed the value to "BASIC" at some point.

Another possible explanation:
Instead of using <chapter>s in your bookmap you used simple <topicref>s.

Regards,
Radu