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| <h1>Accessing context-sensitive help</h1> |
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| <p>To access the context-sensitive help for a given widget:</p> |
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| <li>Select the widget by putting focus on it (see the table below).</li> |
| <li>Press <code>F1</code> key. On GTK windowing system use <code>Ctrl+F1</code>, and on |
| Carbon windowing system use <code>Help</code> key instead of <code>F1</code>.</li> |
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| <p>This displays a description of the selected widget, |
| and usually, a list of links to related information, in the help view. If you |
| want more information than what is shown in the description, click a link to |
| one of the related topic, or one of the search results appearing in the dynamic |
| help section in the help view.</p> |
| <p>Depending |
| on help preference settings, requesting context-sensitive help may display |
| context help in an <em>infopop</em> instead of help view. You can dismiss |
| the |
| infopop by clicking outside it, or by pressing <b>Esc</b>. If you want more information |
| than what is shown in the infopop, click a link to the related information. This |
| opens the Help browser to the selected topic and |
| closes the infopop. The list of related links stays in the left hand frame, |
| so you do not have to press <code>F1</code> again if you are interested in other |
| topics related |
| to the same widget.</p> |
| <p>To access context sensitive help for a widget, you must put focus on it and |
| then press <code>F1</code>. The following table shows how to put focus on some of the different |
| kinds of widgets. |
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| <table border="1" width="500" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" summary="Widget selection table"> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Widget type</th> |
| <th>How to select it</th> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>Menu item (for example <strong>Save</strong> in the <strong>File</strong> menu)</td> |
| <td>Let your mouse pointer rest over it so that it is highlighted, but don't click on it.</td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td>Field</td> |
| <td>Put the cursor in the field.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>Button (for example <b>Cancel</b> button on a Dialog)</td> |
| <td>Tab until the button is in focus.</td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td>List</td> |
| <td>Click an item in the list.</td> |
| </tr> |
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| <td>View or pane</td> |
| <td>Click the title bar of the View or pane.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td>checkbox</td> |
| <td>Click the checkbox (which changes its state) or use the Tab key |
| to bring it into focus.</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
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| <p><em>Note:</em> Context-sensitive help via <code>F1</code> is unavailable from toolbar |
| buttons. Instead, let your mouse pointer hover over a toolbar button to view tooltip help |
| for buttons. |
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| <p><img border="0" src="../images/ngrelt.png" alt="Related tasks" WIDTH="159" HEIGHT="27"><br> |
| <a href="taccess.htm">Accessing and navigating online help</a> |
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