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Bug 14335 - Help: After click on url(link) in Help nothing happens
Summary: Help: After click on url(link) in Help nothing happens
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: usersguide
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Code (show other bugs)
Version: -FFJ-
Hardware: Sun Solaris
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@usersguide
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Reported: 2001-08-10 13:38 UTC by Marian Mirilovic
Modified: 2003-07-01 15:24 UTC (History)
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Description Marian Mirilovic 2001-08-10 13:38:26 UTC 
[pilsen](010803),[nb_dev](20010810),[jdk1.3.1](rc1)

I have set as default browser Netscape, If I select one of links in Bookmarks
Netscape is open and page is loaded.

If I select link in Help nothing happen, Netscape is closed and I hear only
beep.
Comment 1 Jesse Glick 2001-08-12 20:04:09 UTC 
Which link in the Help menu? A URL link? Maybe something to do with
*.url support, maybe with extbrowser, I don't know...
Comment 2 Marian Mirilovic 2001-08-24 14:32:20 UTC 
Opps,
it's not about Help menu but Help window.
Comment 3 _ rkubacki 2001-08-28 15:24:36 UTC 
This is not problem of external browser. Help is trying to use some
internal HTML browser when user clicks on url with HTTP protocol. It
works fine if you have icebrowser installed and set proxy (even if
prefered browser is set to external one).
Comment 4 Patrick Keegan 2001-09-03 20:42:18 UTC 
Since icebrowser isn't in the distribution any more, is there 
anything we can do about this?
Comment 5 Patrick Keegan 2001-10-01 16:36:41 UTC 
Sorry I forgot to add these comments earlier. Currently, URLs 
presented in the help are intentionally not hot-linked since they 
would be opened up in JavaHelp, not your specified web browser, and 
would be rendered horribly. I don't think it matters whether or not 
icebrowser is installed.

Another possible point of confusion: in much older versions of 
NetBeans, we used Icebrowser to display JavaHelp for performance 
reasons. However, we switched back to the standard Swing JEditorPane 
implementation (once its performance improved) to take care of the 
navigation features it provides. Now JavaHelp and Icebrowser have 
nothing to do with each other in the IDE.

Now the question is whether it is possible (and desirable) to be able 
to have HTTP URLs clicked on in the IDE's JavaHelp window to open up 
in the web browser designated by the user.
Comment 6 Patrick Keegan 2001-10-24 18:05:41 UTC 
Closing as WONTFIX. Links in the core help are intentionally not hot-linked. They could be hot-linked 
and displayed in the JavaHelp browser, but they would render poorly and disrupt navigation in the 
help system. They could also be made, in theory, to be viewed in the web browser of choice, but there 
are certain obstacles here (like knowing which web browser to call and the assumption that the user 
has correctly configured proxy settings) that are probably not worth trying to climb given the 
lack of outside links in the docs. If anybody feels strongly about this issue, perhaps it can be 
revisited as an RFE.
Comment 7 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 15:21:55 UTC 
Resolved for 3.3.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.
Comment 8 Quality Engineering 2003-07-01 15:24:32 UTC 
Resolved for 3.4.x or earlier, no new info since then -> closing.