Issue 122175 - [sidebar] missing Help integration
Summary: [sidebar] missing Help integration
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: General
Classification: Code
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: 4.0.0-dev
Hardware: All All
: P3 Normal (vote)
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Blocks: sidebar400-dev
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Reported: 2013-04-26 20:09 UTC by Rob Weir
Modified: 2013-05-22 09:31 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Rob Weir 2013-04-26 20:09:36 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.
Comment 1 Ariel Constenla-Haile 2013-04-27 03:47:11 UTC
Adapting summary.
Comment 2 Ariel Constenla-Haile 2013-04-27 03:54:55 UTC
(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).
Comment 3 Regina Henschel 2013-05-14 22:10:51 UTC
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?
Comment 4 Ariel Constenla-Haile 2013-05-14 22:30:06 UTC
(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