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Bug 340090

Summary:

[Browser] Preferences for Help - "Open help contents" label has no controls on Mac w/o org.eclipse.ui.browse

Product:

[Eclipse Project] Platform

Reporter:

Andy Thomas-Cramer <thomascramera>

Component:

User Assistance

Assignee:

Chris Goldthorpe <cgold>

Status:

RESOLVED FIXED

QA Contact:

Severity:

trivial

Priority:

CC:

cgold, prakash

Version:

4.1

Target Milestone:

3.7 M7

Hardware:

Macintosh

OS:

Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)

Whiteboard:

Attachments:

Description	Flags
Screen shot of Mac preferences page with empty label	none
Patch	none

Description Andy Thomas-Cramer

2011-03-15 16:34:02 EDT

Build Identifier: 3.6.2M20110210

This empty label is a minor defect. However, for our RCP applications, there was a little concern about user perception of the quality of the software.

Given:
* Running on a Mac 
* Intentionally lacking the plug-in org.eclipse.ui.browser. 

Observed: 
* The "Open help contents" label has nothing underneath it.

Expected:
* Either the label corresponds to something nearby (as it does on Windows), or is omitted.

Notes:
* If the org.eclipse.ui.browser plug-in is included, then the preferences page "General>Web Browser" appears and is linked to by the "Open help contents" label.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run on a Mac
2. Omit the plug-in org.eclipse.ui.browser
3. Open the Preferences dialog
4. Navigate to "Help" preferences

Comment 1 Andy Thomas-Cramer

2011-03-15 17:30:49 EDT

Created attachment 191255 [details]
Screen shot of Mac preferences page with empty label

Comment 2 Chris Goldthorpe

2011-03-16 15:02:18 EDT

I just tried starting the Eclipse SDK ( on Windows ) without the org.eclipse.ui.browser bundle and the help preference page displayed correctly. Have you seen the same problem on other platforms or does it only happen on the Mac?

Comment 3 Andy Thomas-Cramer

2011-03-31 15:19:54 EDT

It only happens on a Mac. Works fine on Windows, as you noticed.

Comment 4 Chris Goldthorpe

2011-03-31 17:33:34 EDT

Created attachment 192328 [details]
Patch

Comment 5 Chris Goldthorpe

2011-03-31 17:37:33 EDT

Fixed, on the Mac the "Open help contents" preference should never show since help contents always opens in an external browser and there is no choice to present to the user.