Bug 95581 - Help view leaves keyboard focus on editor resulting in different problems
Summary: Help view leaves keyboard focus on editor resulting in different problems
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: User Assistance (show other bugs)
Version: 3.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.1 RC2   Edit
Assignee: Dejan Glozic CLA
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Keywords: accessibility
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Reported: 2005-05-17 11:37 EDT by Dani Megert CLA
Modified: 2005-06-08 15:50 EDT (History)
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Description Dani Megert CLA 2005-05-17 11:37:32 EDT 
N20050517-0010.

Help view leaves keyboard focus on editor resulting in different problems. See
bug 95222 comment 2 and bug 95222 comment 3 for more info.
Comment 1 Dejan Glozic CLA 2005-05-17 12:25:35 EDT 
The idea was that you can continue working while reading help. Help view was 
designed to offer information as you click about.
Comment 2 Dani Megert CLA 2005-05-17 12:34:21 EDT 
Nothing against that but the editor must keep the focus not only for the
keyboard input but must also be/remain the active part.
Comment 3 Dejan Glozic CLA 2005-06-08 15:50:09 EDT 
Fixed by showing the Help view using the following call:

IViewPart part = page.showView(HELP_VIEW_ID, null, 
IWorkbenchPage.VIEW_VISIBLE);

The help view will be visible but will not get focus (and therefore will not 
activate). This will ensure that the currently active part will remain active 
and will still have focus. 

Action to open the Help view for search will also activate the view. This is 
OK because Search page grabs focus and places it in the 'Expression' combo, so 
it should be active.