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| <h2>Accessing context-sensitive help</h2> |
| <p>To access the context-sensitive help for a given widget:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Select the widget by putting focus on it (see the table below).</li> |
| <li>Press the <strong><code>F1</code></strong> key (<strong><code>Shift+F1</code></strong> on Linux, |
| <strong><code>Help</code></strong> on the Mac). Or, in dialogs, click on the <img src="../images/help.svg" alt= |
| "Help button"> <strong>Help</strong> icon in the button bar.</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 |
| <code>Esc</code>.</p> |
| <p>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.</p> |
| <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> |
| <tr> |
| <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> |
| <tr> |
| <td>List</td> |
| <td>Click an item in the list.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <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> |
| <p><em>Note:</em> Context-sensitive help is unavailable for toolbar buttons. Instead, let your mouse pointer hover |
| over a toolbar button to view tooltip help for buttons.</p> |
| <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3><a href="../concepts/help.htm">Help</a><br> |
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| <a href="help_search.htm">Searching help</a><br> |
| <a href="help_settings.htm">Help display settings</a> |
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