Description Morten Christensen 2003-09-29 07:46:42 EDT

Eclipse is a GREAT platform but difficult and scary for new users. One of the 
key reasons it is scary, is that the basic HELP feature is missing. I am not 
taking about something advanced - just what just about what every easy-to-use 
(Windows) application in the universe has.... What I am refering to is simple 
HELP buttons and/or icons!!!

What I would like eclipse to have is a HELP button on EVERY eclipse dialog. The 
user presses it and the eclipse help screen is launched, pointing to the 
corresponding section in the documentation.

Help buttons/icons will only help usability of eclipse in general (a lot in 
fact), it is absolutely required for the new friendly "rich client 
applications" targeted towards non-developers (many of which would never think 
of pressing F1 or be satisfied with the incomplete help F1 currently provides).

If eclipse GUI components does not have HELP BUTTONS/ICON they may be unusable 
for many end-users and eclipse will be a less interesting rich client platform.

so please HELP :-)