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Bug 83076

Summary:	Infopop links sometime open in help system and somtimes in default browser
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Kim Woods <kim_woods>
Component:	User Assistance	Assignee:	Platform-Help-Inbox <platform-help-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.0
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Kim Woods

2005-01-18 05:44:52 EST

The links in infopops sometimes open the help in the Eclipse-wrapped help 
system but sometimes open the help in the default system browser. This can be 
confusing because you end up with two different windows open that both contain 
help. It also means that you can't use the Back button to move between help 
that is displayed in the two different windows.
When you open an infopop from the main Eclipse window, e.g. the text editor in 
the Plugin Development perspective, the infopop's link opens the help in the 
Eclipse-wrapped help system. However, if you open the Import dialog (File > 
Import...), the infopop's link opens the help in a browser window.

The samething happens in our own product infopop links although all links are 
specified in the same way. How can we get all our links to open in the Help 
System???

Comment 1 Konrad Kolosowski

2005-01-18 16:36:10 EST

You cannot.  Help system window is affected (cannot be on the top) if any 
modal window (like an import dialog) is open from the workbench.

The behavior you see is a workaround implemented for this problem.  Help 
detects a modal dialog and opens help in external browser.  User can set help 
preference to always use external browser, if consistency is desired.  A 
product can ship overriding a preference to make this setting a default if 
needed.

I will mark this bug a dup of the root problem - bug 67543.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 67543 ***