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Build Identifier: I20100608-0911 Our product just upgraded to Eclipse Version: 3.6.0.v20100602-9gF78GpqFt6trOGhL60z0oEx3fz-JKNwxPY Build id: I20100608-0911 The help system base is: Version: 1.2.0.v20100427-7e7jEKFEx2XlnZinYPtgz03 Build id: I20100608-0911 The most annoying thing is happening with context-sensitive help that worked fine when we were using an earlier version of Eclipse. It only seems to be occurring with context IDs where we are supplying content to eclipse views and editors. For the main editor window, for example, this is how I supply help: 1) The plugin.xml file ties my ui_contexts.xml file to org.eclipse.ui, note line 3 in the contexts extension point: <extension point="org.eclipse.help.contexts"> <contexts file="contexts.xml" plugin="com.progress.dataxtend.si.help" /> <contexts file="ui_contexts.xml" plugin="org.eclipse.ui" /> <contexts file="navigator_contexts.xml" plugin="org.eclipse.ui.navigator" /> <contexts file="compare_contexts.xml" plugin="org.eclipse.compare" /> </extension> 2) My ui_contexts.xml file contains the following two links that should be shown for F1 help: <context id="workbench_window_context"> <description>Exchange Model Editor</description> <topic label="Exchange Model Editor" href="/com.progress.dataxtend.si.help/GettingStarted/WorkbenchTour.09.05.html" /> <topic label="Importing and exporting schemas and models" href="/com.progress.dataxtend.si.help/Using/importing.html" /> </context> 3) The problem is that when you press F1, the links do show up, but when you follow a link, I get two buggy behaviors: A) For the first link, the content flashes in the help window, then, the message about a topic not being found appears. B) For the second link, the opposite happens, first a message flashes about the topic not being found, then the help displays correctly. I would like to attached screen shots that illustrate problem B, but I don't see a way to add an attachment, maybe after I submit? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.I would have to provide my help plugin and it's quite large. Plus, I don't see a way to attach anything? 2. 3.
Created attachment 202431 [details] screen shot of problem, this is the first screen that appears
Created attachment 202432 [details] Now the help appears, I didn't touch anything between screen shots
I found the problem. Instead of creating separate contexts files, I just needed to add the following declarations to my own contexts file in plugin.xml: <contexts file="contexts.xml" plugin="org.eclipse.ui" /> <contexts file="contexts.xml" plugin="org.eclipse.compare" /> Although my previous method worked pre-Eclipse 3.6, I have to do it this way now. It would be really nice if the documentation on user assistance explained this clearly and provided an example. It would have saved me 3 days of debugging.
I was just looking at this bug report and was about to comment that I had no idea why this was happening. I'm glad that you have a solution. I've changed the resolution to INVALID, since FIXED implies a fix in the source code.
