| dynamic help / help view [message #474160] |
Fri, 18 July 2008 06:41  |
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Hello,
In my RCP application I must show informations about each input element
in a complex form editor.
Those help informations should be available from the help system too.
I 'upgraded' from a customized browser widget to contex help with
success. Now I can use all the features of the help system like platform
URLs (which allows me to package my plugins as jars) or common css.
The disadvantage is the less control I have over the help view. The help
view is defined as sticky, what prevents me from placing it where I want
and to stay in one perspective.
1. Can I get rid of the sticky behaviour ? I already tried
equinox.tranforms but I learned that this solution is too heavyweight
for me.
2. If not, how can I use the help system features as described above in
a browser widget, e.g. get the help system to render a context help
html-page to pass to it ?
Thanks
Sebastian
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| Re: dynamic help / help view [message #474168 is a reply to message #474164] |
Mon, 28 July 2008 07:08  |
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I managed to extract the URL the Help-System uses itself.
IHelpResource helpResource =
HelpSystem.getContext(contextID).getRelatedTopics()[0];
String href = helpResource.getHref();
url = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getHelpSystem().resolve(href, true);
Then I pass this URL to a browser widget in a view.
Works great.
Sebastian
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| Re: dynamic help / help view [message #619283 is a reply to message #474160] |
Mon, 21 July 2008 18:14 |
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You can change the F1 behavior to open in an infopop rather than in the
help view. This is controlled by the preferences window_infopop and
dialog_infopop, see
http://help.eclipse.org/help33/topic/org.eclipse.platform.do c.isv/guide/ua_help_setup_preferences.htm
The second thing you would need to do to prevent the help view from
appearing is to fix help/search to show the external browser rather than
the help view. Unfortunately there is not a preference for this, there
probably should be. If that is important to you please open a bug report
and I'll see if I can attach a snippet to direct search to the browser.
Sebastian Fuchs wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In my RCP application I must show informations about each input element
> in a complex form editor.
> Those help informations should be available from the help system too.
>
> I 'upgraded' from a customized browser widget to contex help with
> success. Now I can use all the features of the help system like platform
> URLs (which allows me to package my plugins as jars) or common css.
>
> The disadvantage is the less control I have over the help view. The help
> view is defined as sticky, what prevents me from placing it where I want
> and to stay in one perspective.
>
> 1. Can I get rid of the sticky behaviour ? I already tried
> equinox.tranforms but I learned that this solution is too heavyweight
> for me.
>
> 2. If not, how can I use the help system features as described above in
> a browser widget, e.g. get the help system to render a context help
> html-page to pass to it ?
>
> Thanks
> Sebastian
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| Re: dynamic help / help view [message #619285 is a reply to message #474163] |
Tue, 22 July 2008 06:14 |
| Eclipse User |
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Thank You Chris,
unfortunatly none of both options apply to my requirements.
What I need is a (non-sticky) view where I can show a specific help topic.
Sebastian
Chris Goldthorpe schrieb:
> You can change the F1 behavior to open in an infopop rather than in the
> help view. This is controlled by the preferences window_infopop and
> dialog_infopop, see
> http://help.eclipse.org/help33/topic/org.eclipse.platform.do c.isv/guide/ua_help_setup_preferences.htm
>
>
> The second thing you would need to do to prevent the help view from
> appearing is to fix help/search to show the external browser rather than
> the help view. Unfortunately there is not a preference for this, there
> probably should be. If that is important to you please open a bug report
> and I'll see if I can attach a snippet to direct search to the browser.
>
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| Re: dynamic help / help view [message #619296 is a reply to message #474164] |
Mon, 28 July 2008 07:08 |
| Eclipse User |
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I managed to extract the URL the Help-System uses itself.
IHelpResource helpResource =
HelpSystem.getContext(contextID).getRelatedTopics()[0];
String href = helpResource.getHref();
url = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getHelpSystem().resolve(href, true);
Then I pass this URL to a browser widget in a view.
Works great.
Sebastian
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