Bug 73862 - Infopops don't work on Linux GTK
Summary: Infopops don't work on Linux GTK
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 26361
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: User Assistance (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux-GTK
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Help-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2004-09-14 08:39 EDT by Kim Woods CLA
Modified: 2004-09-16 06:17 EDT (History)
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Description Kim Woods CLA 2004-09-14 08:39:02 EDT 
I have downloaded and installed Eclipse 3.0 Linux x86/GTK2 and when I hit f1 I 
do not get any infopops. (infopops work find on the windows eclipse build) 

This is a major problem for the product we are developing as we rely on people 
using the infopops we are putting in - is there something new or different 
about infopops on Eclipse 3.0 as I have seen them working on 2.1

Thanks
Kim.
Comment 1 Konrad Kolosowski CLA 2004-09-14 12:54:39 EDT 
Infopop key combination on GTK is Ctrl+F1, not F1.
Comment 2 Kim Woods CLA 2004-09-15 08:33:31 EDT 
Thanks - I had not realised that it is now CTRL F1 

This works fine on my Redhat box (Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (release 3) 
(Linux Intel) Kernel 2.2.21-9.EL )

But NOT on my Suse box (Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 (i586) (Linux Intel) 
Kernel 2.6.5-7.97) CTRL F1 appears to do nothing on this box and the infopops 
do not appear.

I am not a Linux expert having just been given the boxes to test my code on 
eclipse - any further information would be appreciated
Comment 3 Konrad Kolosowski CLA 2004-09-15 10:34:35 EDT 
KDE takes Ctrl+Fn keys
When using the KDE desktop on Linux systems, the Ctrl+Fn key sequences are 
used for switching between virtual desktops. This means that Eclipse commands 
bound to these key sequences do not get activated, including Ctrl+F1 (Help), 
Ctrl+F4 (File > Close) and Ctrl+F6 (Next Editor).

These keys can be reassigned in KDE using the Control Center. Choose Look & 
Feel > Shortcuts > Shortcut Sequences > Shortcut Sequences > System > Desktop 
Switching, and set all items to None or to a different key sequence such as 
Ctrl+Alt+Fn. The other alternative is to assign different key sequences in 
Eclipse using the Workbench > Keys preference page. (see bug 26361)



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 26361 ***
Comment 4 Konrad Kolosowski CLA 2004-09-15 11:28:36 EDT 
I have looked at KDE on SLES9.  On this system, by default, KDE defines 
shortcut for "What's this" to be Shift+F1, and I have verified it this 
combination brings up Eclipse help infopop.
Comment 5 Kim Woods CLA 2004-09-16 06:17:57 EDT 
Many Thanks for your help on this - I can now see my infopops and have a better
understanding of why they didn't work.
Kim.