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Bug 340090 - [Browser] Preferences for Help - "Open help contents" label has no controls on Mac w/o org.eclipse.ui.browse
Summary: [Browser] Preferences for Help - "Open help contents" label has no controls o...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: User Assistance (show other bugs)
Version: 4.1   Edit
Hardware: Macintosh Mac OS X - Carbon (unsup.)
: P3 trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.7 M7   Edit
Assignee: Chris Goldthorpe CLA
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Reported: 2011-03-15 16:34 EDT by Andy Thomas-Cramer CLA
Modified: 2011-03-31 17:37 EDT (History)
2 users (show)

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Screen shot of Mac preferences page with empty label (65.28 KB, image/png)
2011-03-15 17:30 EDT, Andy Thomas-Cramer CLA 		no flags Details
Patch (1.70 KB, patch)
2011-03-31 17:33 EDT, Chris Goldthorpe CLA 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Andy Thomas-Cramer CLA 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 CLA 2011-03-15 17:30:49 EDT 
Created attachment 191255 [details]
Screen shot of Mac preferences page with empty label
Comment 2 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 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 CLA 2011-03-31 15:19:54 EDT 
It only happens on a Mac. Works fine on Windows, as you noticed.
Comment 4 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 2011-03-31 17:33:34 EDT 
Created attachment 192328 [details]
Patch
Comment 5 Chris Goldthorpe CLA 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.