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Bug 26184 - Help is sometimes frame and sometimes dialog
Summary: Help is sometimes frame and sometimes dialog
Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: platform
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Help System (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: PC Windows ME/2000
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: Jesse Glick
URL:
Keywords: T9Y
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-08-01 15:48 UTC by Adam Sotona
Modified: 2008-12-22 20:41 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Adam Sotona 2002-08-01 15:48:53 UTC 
Help is confusing, sometimes it appears as dialog
and sometimes as frame.
Comment 1 Adam Sotona 2002-08-01 15:50:25 UTC 
This behaviour prevents from using automated UI tests.
Comment 2 Jesse Glick 2002-08-01 16:15:52 UTC 
It is normally a frame. When a modal dialog is opened, it must be
reopened as a nonmodal dialog parented to the modal. Otherwise it
cannot be used. Since users frequently invoke help from a modal
dialog, this was the only apparent solution. Java does not, AFAIK, let
you create a new application context for help that would prevent it
from being blocked by modals.
Comment 3 Adam Sotona 2003-07-08 14:32:53 UTC 
verified