#### 19.5.3 Modifying OmniHelp navigation aids

To determine which navigation buttons are displayed in the top navigation pane:

[OmniHelpOptions]
; These settings control what buttons are added to the top nav pane
; UseTopButtons = Yes (default, use buttons) or No (use links instead)
UseTopButtons=Yes
; UseStart = Yes (default, provide Start button) or No
UseStart=Yes
; UsePrevNext = Yes (default, provide Prev and Next buttons) or No
UsePrevNext=Yes
; UseBackForward = Yes (default, provide Back and Fwd buttons) or No
UseBackForward=No
; UseHideShow = Yes (default, provide buttons to hide and show
; the left-side nav pane as in MS HTML Help) or No
UseHideShow=No

To hide the left-hand navigation pane when OmniHelp starts:

[OmniHelpOptions]
; ShowNavLeft = Yes (default, open with nav pane visible on left)
; or No
ShowNavLeft=No

To remove the List button from the left-hand navigation pane:

[OmniHelpOptions]
; UseListButton = Yes (default) or No (remove from Search panel)
UseListButton=No

If you include Prev/Next buttons, make sure your TOC does not use mid-topic links, or the Prev and Next buttons will not work correctly. TOC-level topics should be in their own files. Clicking a mid-topic link in the TOC works as expected, but the Prev and Next buttons do not; for example, Prev takes you back to the previous actual file rather than to the previous item listed in the TOC. This can confuse your users.

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Parent Topic: 19.5 Customizing OmniHelp display features

Sibling Topics:

19.5.1 Configuring OmniHelp window usage and frameset dimensions

19.5.2 Altering OmniHelp top navigation frame content

19.5.4 Choosing whether to use cookies for OmniHelp

19.5.5 Localizing the OmniHelp interface

19.5.6 Modifying OmniHelp CSS classes

19.5.7 Modifying the OmniHelp template

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