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Bug 3719

Summary:	HelpAction, invoked on a modal dialog, presents the help browser but it is not selectable -> cannot be scrolled.
Product:	platform	Reporter:	Jesse Glick <jglick>
Component:	-- Other --	Assignee:	Jesse Glick <jglick>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P4
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description Jesse Glick 1999-09-07 16:29:11 UTC

I.e., somehow it needs to open the web browser (or whatever) in a modal subdialog or somesuch, rather than in a regular TopComponent, so that the help for dialogs can be scrolled.

- Jarda says: DO NOT add TopManager.showHelp(Dialog) call!!!


- Could have NbDialog bind F1 itself to a copy of HelpAction impl which would use some special private display-help call in impl. So make HelpAction non-transmodal. Would need to search for the right
keybinding(s) in global keymap to duplicate them properly. Ugh.

- Could have NbDialog keep track of when it was being opened (modally) and closed, and set some global flag in impl when this changed. Then the Help impl, or maybe NbTopManager, would need to control
its behavior when the flag was set, using a modal browser dialog instead. More elegant.

Comment 1 Marek Grummich 2000-07-25 09:20:59 UTC

Priority is changed to P4 (normal).

Comment 2 Quality Engineering 2003-07-02 15:23:13 UTC

Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> verify.

Comment 3 Quality Engineering 2003-07-02 15:40:47 UTC

Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.