# Link lists and See Also links

> [HTML Version](hm_working_links_linklists.html)

The Link List tool can automatically create a variety of different lists of hyperlinks to topics and insert them in your topic. These lists are dynamic. This means that they are not created when you insert them, but every time you publish your project. This means that the list is always up to date at the time of publishing.

The tool is located in the More menu in Write > Insert:

_(./images/linklisttool.png)_

[![Click to expand/collapse](./images/tog_plus.gif)]	How to use the Link List tool

Opening the tool displays this dialog:

_(./images/linklistdialog.png)_

Just select the list type (see further below for a reference) and configure your settings:

Dialog settings:

See further below in this topic for a description of the link list types.

| | |
|------|------|
| Exclude this topic: | The current topic is not included in the link list. |
| List topic from current module | This option is relevant for [modular help projects](hm_advanced_modular.md). A link list restricted by date would return topics from all modules that belong to this project. Enable this option, if you want to restrict the result list to topics from the current module only. |
| Bullet list: | Displays the list as a bulleted list. Otherwise it will just be displayed as a series of paragraphs. |
| Inline: | Displays links in a single paragraph, separated by commas. |
| Changed date: | Includes the modification date of the referenced topics, in the selected format. |
| Topic description: | Adds the description of the current topic, if available. This is the optional text that you can enter in the _Description:_ box in the Topic Options tab, to the left of the topic editor.<br>Note that the description is not included if you choose the _Inline_ link format.  |
| Fallback text: | If a link list happens to be empty, because no links qualify for the specified criteria, this text is inserted instead. |


The list is inserted as a placeholder\!

Note that the list is not generated when you insert it. You will only see a placeholder in the topic editor. The actual list is generated when you publish your project so that the topics it contains are always up to date.

[![Click to expand/collapse](./images/tog_plus.gif)]	List types and list formatting

Available list types:

| | |
|------|------|
| Siblings of this chapter: | Links to all the topics in the current chapter on the same level as the topic in which you are inserting the list. You will generally want to exclude the current topic from this list. |
| Child topics of this chapter: | Includes all the sub-TOC-entries of the current topic, if there are any. |
| Anchors within this topic: | Links to all anchors in the same topic and creates a Mini-TOC for navigation within the topic. The caption of the link will be all text from the corresponding anchor to the end of the anchor paragraph. |
| Topics modified within last: | All the topics that have been modified/edited within the last X days. You need to specify the number of days. |
| Topics modified between: | All topics modified/edited between two specified dates. |


List formatting:

The formatting of the list is generated automatically and based on the formatting of the placeholder. The easiest way to achieve this is to apply a paragraph style to the placeholder. Then the list will be formatted with that style. Otherwise just select the placeholder and then format it with the _Font_ and _Paragraph_ dialogs in the Write tab.

[![Click to expand/collapse](./images/tog_plus.gif)]	Examples

(A) Link list with all siblings in this chapter, excluding self, no date:

[Supported hyperlink types](hm_working_links_about.md)

[Inserting topic links](hm_working_links_inserting.md)

[Anchors - jump targets](hm_working_links_anchors.md)

[Inserting figure links](hm_working_figurelinks.md)

[Inserting Internet links](hm_working_links_web.md)

[Inserting file links](hm_working_links_file.md)

[Contextual Links from Applications](hm_working_links_context.md)

[Linking to PDF files](hm_working_links_pdf.md)

[Linking to WebHelp Topics](hm_application_links_to_webhelp.md)

[Linking to eWriter topics](hm_application_links_to_ewriter.md)

[Inserting script links](hm_working_links_macros.md)

[Editing and formatting links](hm_working_links_editing.md)

[Linking to other projects and help files](hm_working_links_externalprojects.md)

[Preventing dead links](hm_working_links_deadlinks.md)

[Named destinations in PDF](hm_working_links_pdfdestinations.md)

[Links and secondary windows](hm_working_links_secwindows.md)

[Inserting HTML code](hm_working_links_html.md)

[A-Keywords](hm_working_links_alinks.md)

(B) Recently changed topics in the entire project, short date:

[Using PowerShell instead of Command Prompt](hm_advanced_commandline_powershell.md) (8/18/2026)

(C) Topics changed between two specific dates in entire project, bullet list, long date:

- [CHM in Asian Languages](hm_working_compile_asianchm.md) (Thursday, December 19, 2019)

- [Step 4: Synchronize the new version](hm_advanced_tools_projsynch_4synch.md) (Thursday, November 28, 2019)

- [Microsoft help compilers](hm_working_compile_mscompilers.md) (Thursday, November 7, 2019)

- [Screen Capture](hm_ref_ribbon_tools_capture.md) (Thursday, November 7, 2019)

- [Selecting and formatting cells and tables](hm_working_tables_select.md) (Thursday, October 31, 2019)

- [Translation-friendly Tidy XML](hm_advanced_translating_tidyxml.md) (Thursday, October 31, 2019)

(D) Topics changed in entire project between January 1 and October 31, 2019, bullet list, long date:

- [Selecting and formatting cells and tables](hm_working_tables_select.md) (Thursday, October 31, 2019)

- [Translation-friendly Tidy XML](hm_advanced_translating_tidyxml.md) (Thursday, October 31, 2019)

- [Reference](hm_ref.md) (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)

- [Getting help](hm_intro_gettinghelp.md) (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)

- [Links to help from your application](hm_advanced_contexthelp_calls.md) (Tuesday, May 14, 2019)

- [About tables](hm_working_tables_about.md) (Tuesday, March 19, 2019)

- [Converting text to tables](hm_working_tables_convtotext.md) (Tuesday, March 19, 2019)

- [Editing and formatting links](hm_working_links_editing.md) (Thursday, March 7, 2019)

- [Styling imported formatted text](hm_working_formatting_replace_imported.md) (Wednesday, February 13, 2019)

(E) Link list with all siblings in this chapter, excluding self, as numbered list:

1. [Supported hyperlink types](hm_working_links_about.md)

2. [Inserting topic links](hm_working_links_inserting.md)

3. [Anchors - jump targets](hm_working_links_anchors.md)

4. [Inserting figure links](hm_working_figurelinks.md)

5. [Inserting Internet links](hm_working_links_web.md)

6. [Inserting file links](hm_working_links_file.md)

7. [Contextual Links from Applications](hm_working_links_context.md)

8. [Linking to PDF files](hm_working_links_pdf.md)

9. [Linking to WebHelp Topics](hm_application_links_to_webhelp.md)

10. [Linking to eWriter topics](hm_application_links_to_ewriter.md)

11. [Inserting script links](hm_working_links_macros.md)

12. [Editing and formatting links](hm_working_links_editing.md)

13. [Linking to other projects and help files](hm_working_links_externalprojects.md)

14. [Preventing dead links](hm_working_links_deadlinks.md)

15. [Named destinations in PDF](hm_working_links_pdfdestinations.md)

16. [Links and secondary windows](hm_working_links_secwindows.md)

17. [Inserting HTML code](hm_working_links_html.md)

18. [A-Keywords](hm_working_links_alinks.md)

(F) Link list with all siblings in this chapter, as bullet list/tree, _embedded in another bullet list_:

- This is the static first entry of the list

	- Here are some recently changed topics:

		- [Supported hyperlink types](hm_working_links_about.md)

		- [Inserting topic links](hm_working_links_inserting.md)

		- [Anchors - jump targets](hm_working_links_anchors.md)

		- [Inserting figure links](hm_working_figurelinks.md)

		- [Inserting Internet links](hm_working_links_web.md)

		- [Inserting file links](hm_working_links_file.md)

		- [Link lists and See Also links](hm_working_links_linklists.md)

		- [Contextual Links from Applications](hm_working_links_context.md)

		- [Linking to PDF files](hm_working_links_pdf.md)

		- [Linking to WebHelp Topics](hm_application_links_to_webhelp.md)

		- [Linking to eWriter topics](hm_application_links_to_ewriter.md)

		- [Inserting script links](hm_working_links_macros.md)

		- [Editing and formatting links](hm_working_links_editing.md)

		- [Linking to other projects and help files](hm_working_links_externalprojects.md)

		- [Preventing dead links](hm_working_links_deadlinks.md)

		- [Named destinations in PDF](hm_working_links_pdfdestinations.md)

		- [Links and secondary windows](hm_working_links_secwindows.md)

		- [Inserting HTML code](hm_working_links_html.md)

		- [A-Keywords](hm_working_links_alinks.md)

- The static list continues here

[![Click to expand/collapse](./images/tog_plus.gif)]	For experts: HTML formatting

Formatting with your own CSS in HTML output

When you publish to HTML-based formats topic links in link lists have an additional CSS class **hmlinklistitem**.  This is added to the standard **topiclink** class, so that topic links in link lists have the class attribute **class="topiclink hmlinklistitem"**. You can use this to format topic links in link lists differently from other topic links.