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| <p>An infopop is a small window associated with a |
| particular SWT widget in a plug-in's user interface. It displays |
| context-sensitive help and links to related help topics for the widget. It |
| is activated when the user puts focus on the widget and presses the <code>F1</code> |
| key (<code>Ctrl+F1</code> on GTK, and <code>Help</code> key on Carbon).</p> |
| <p>Since Eclipse 3.1, the preferred way to show the context help is in the help |
| window. However, it is still possible to configure context help presentation to |
| use infopops in the Help preferences. For example, here is an infopop that has been defined on |
| the General/Search page: </p> |
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| <p>Since Eclipse 3.1, infopops have a link to show the currently displayed |
| context help in the new Help view.</p> |
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