Navigational Headings
Navigational headings are a feature in DITA maps that enable you to name sections without using a parent topic. Map titles do not display in a table of contents. You need to insert navigational elements in your DITA map to display map titles in the output. Navigational headings are created with the topichead element.
Maps Without Navigational Headings
You can create maps with submaps. For example, each chapter of a main map can be organized in its own submap.
Maps with Navigational Headings
Here is an outline of a main map with submaps and a navigational heading for each of the submaps.
- User Guide (main map)
- Content Editor (topichead)
- Content Editor (submap)
- Interface (topic)
- Using the Content Editor (topic)
- Content Editor (submap)
- Source Editor (topichead)
- Source Editor (submap)
- Interface (topic)
- Using the Source Editor (topic)
- Source Editor (submap)
- Content Editor (topichead)
<map id="ditamap-user_guide-7358">
<title>User Guide</title>
<topichead>
<topicmeta>
<navtitle>Content Editor </navtitle>
</topicmeta>
<mapref format="ditamap" href="content_editor.ditamap"/>
</topichead>
<topichead>
<topicmeta>
<navtitle> Source Editor </navtitle>
</topicmeta>
<mapref format="ditamap" href="source_editor.ditamap"/>
</topichead>
</map>