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Bug 365581

Summary:	Open Javadoc with hotkey
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Frederik <fhi.1990>
Component:	Text	Assignee:	Platform-Text-Inbox <platform-text-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	daniel_megert, kim.moir
Version:	4.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows Vista
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Description Frederik

2011-12-05 08:23:50 EST

Build Identifier: 20110301-1815

I have configured my editor to use an external program (my standard browser) when viewing javadoc. This works fine when selecting a .htm(l) in the package explorer. But when i hit Shift+F2 (the hotkey I have bound to "Open Attached Javadoc" and "Open External Documentation" but sadly it opens the documentation in the standard built-in Eclipse browser.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Change File Association for .htm and .html to use an external program.
2. Check that Eclipse does open the document correctly by opening a .hmt(l) document in the package explorer.
3. Bind a hotkey to "Open Attached Javadoc" and "Open External Documentation"
4. Hit the hotkey, observe that the document is open by the wrong editor.

Comment 1 Frederik

2011-12-05 08:25:56 EST

Note: I was uncertain about what category to file this bug under and found that i accidentally has chosen releng. I have now changed it to Doc, although I'm still not sure that it belongs here.

Comment 2 Dani Megert

2011-12-05 09:33:48 EST

You need to change the Web Browser preferences.

Comment 3 Frederik

2011-12-05 09:50:15 EST

Oh sorry. It just didn't seem very intuitive that you are able to specify another tool under the filetype specific settings. I did not find this information in the help documentation for filetype association. But now I see.

Thank you.