With the release of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite v30, a DPS app can contain relative navigation commands, allowing readers to easily jump to the first or last article, or to the next or previous article. Readers can also jump to a specific article relative to where it appears in the folio, such as the third article, or to a specific page in a particular article.

Buttons can be added to an app with a navto://relative action defined for these and other actions listed below.

relative-navto

The following examples show how to navigate to specific articles in a folio:

  • navto://relative/last (jumps to last article in folio)
  • navto://relative/last#last (jumps to last page of last article in folio)
  • navto://relative/4 (jumps to fifth article in folio)
  • navto://relative/4#2 (jumps to third page of fifth article in folio)

To navigate to specific pages of an article, use the following guidelines:

  • navto://relative/current#previous (jumps to previous page in article)
  • navto://relative/current#last (jumps to last page in article)
  • navto://relative/current#3 (jumps to fourth page in current article)

In Smooth Scrolling articles, use decimals or percentages to jump to a specific position:

  • navto://myarticle#3.3 (jumps to a specific position in smooth scrolling article that displays the bottom of page 4 and the top of page 5)
  • navto://myarticle#50% (jumps to the middle of smooth scrolling article)

NOTE: Relative navto links are supported in the iOS and Windows Store viewers, but currently are not in the native Android viewer, desktop viewer, or web viewer. Relative navto linking requires a v30 app version but will work with any folio format.

For more information regarding relative navto hyperlinks, see Adobe’s Hyperlink and Button Overlays page.

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Note: Information contained in this post is current as of DPS v30. Visit the Technology for Publishing blog at www.tech4pub.com/tag/dps-version-update/ for the latest info on Adobe software releases and functionality.

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Posted by: Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy
Monica Murphy has worked in the publishing industry for over 30 years supporting publishing operations of various sizes. In her role as Technical Product Manager for Technology for Publishing, she shares her publishing application expertise supporting a broad range of publishing clients in InDesign best practices, cross-platform content workflows, and InDesign Template strategies. Her weekly tip and blog posts have a committed following in the InDesign community, and as a long-time participant in the InDesign pre-release community, she regularly analyzes and provides feedback for upcoming features. Monica manages the authoring and publication of Technology for Publishing’s handbooks on InDesign, InCopy, and other associated titles.
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