Skin Components and Proxies

HTML5 skins control the look and behavior of the navigation elements surrounding your topic content in the output for HTML5 targets. There are three types of HTML5 skins: Side Navigation, Top Navigation, and Tripane. See HTML5 Output.

In addition to a main skin, you can also use several smaller skin components with HTML5 targets. Most of these components are used in combination with corresponding proxies (see Proxies) to add different features to the output, such as search elements, menus, and toolbars.

In most cases, a proxy is the element that actually generates the search element, menu, or toolbar when you build output. The related skin component is used to provide a look for it. A proxy is always necessary to generate the desired element, but a skin component is optional. If you do not add a particular type of skin component to your project, Central provides a default design.

At this time, skin components need to be added to a project using the Flare desktop application. When you insert or edit a proxy you can associate a skin component with it, if applicable. See Types of Proxies.