Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 122175
[sidebar] missing Help integration
Last modified: 2013-05-22 09:31:25 UTC
Testing done with r1466899 on Windows 7. 1) Load Writer. 2) In the Text Properties panel of the sidebar, click into a control, like the font size edit control. Then hit the F1 key. 3) Help file is loaded and displays the root help page. It should be showing a specific help topic related to the active window, e.g., on setting font size. Some panel items, like Gallery and Styles & Properties bring up specific help topics. But the new panels in 4.0 do no. Workaround: User would need to search for a specific help topic in the help file.
Adapting summary.
(In reply to comment #0) > Testing done with r1466899 on Windows 7. > > 1) Load Writer. > > 2) In the Text Properties panel of the sidebar, click into a control, like > the font size edit control. Then hit the F1 key. This example can be applied also to the standard toolbars, not only the toolboxes in the sidebar: - put the cursor in the Font Size control in the formatting toolbar - press F1 - the default page for the current module is displayed in the Help This is a bug in the underlying toolbar implementation: when help is requested, the request is forwarded to the base class, instead of triggering help for the current toolbar item (this behavior is inconsistent with the menus: F1 on a menu item opens the Help bound to the menu item UNO command).
I do not think, that this is a special problem of the sidebar, but a general problem how F1 works. Already in OOo1.1 the F1-key had worked this way. Remove sidebar tag?
(In reply to comment #3) > I do not think, that this is a special problem of the sidebar, but a general > problem how F1 works. Already in OOo1.1 the F1-key had worked this way. > Remove sidebar tag? The way Rob described the bug seems to indicate this issue is about F1, but in fact this comes from a discussion in dev@ pointing to the missing help integration, see http://markmail.org/message/vipcif3hurfpvrdg