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Bug 167053

Summary:	Customise Help Viewer font display without manual editing of ide.css file
Product:	platform	Reporter:	bobbyn <bobbyn>
Component:	Options&Settings	Assignee:	Theofanis Oikonomou <theofanis>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description bobbyn 2009-06-14 04:01:24 UTC

I am using NetBeans IDE 6.5.1 with Java v1.6.0_11

Currently, given by the instructions in the Help Documentation - open the Help Viewer "Help > Help Contents" and
navigate the "Contents" tab to:

IDE Basics > Configuring the IDE > Accessibility > Setting Font and Color for the Help Viewer

you have to modify the "ide.css" file manually to change the font display settings (i.e. font & colour) for Help Viewer
content and other related help content such as the IDE Editor inline Javadoc viewer (activate it by placing cursor on
Java API class/method and execute Ctrl+Shift+Space or use option "Show Documentation" from "Source" menu).

Instead of textually changing the "ide.css" file, a feature could be included as part of the standard IDE UI options for
streamlined help display properties access and modification -> there could be a "Help Doc" tab under

Tools > Options > Fonts & Colors

Comment 1 Irina Filippova 2010-02-16 11:31:47 UTC

Reassigning as this is a feature enhancement request.