Re: [platform-help-dev] Multiple Eclipse Help windows opening for same a

[Konrad Kolosowski <konradk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Elizabeth,

In 3.0, there are three browser adapters provided by default on Windows:
1. embedded browser (SWT embedded IE - reused between invocations of help)
2. system browser (http handler registered in Windows, usually IE - reused
between invocations of help)
3. custom browser (by default: iexplore.exe - execution launches new
browser every time)

If help preferences are left at defaults, 1 is launched most of the time,
and 2 is launched when a modal window is currently displayed by the
workbench.
By changing preferences it is possible to specify to never use 1, and/or
use 3 instead of 2.

Nothing other than help preferences and open modal windows should influence
which browser is used.  Check help preferences, which browser should be
used, and open a bug if it misbehaves.  Try narrowing down what these
"certain systems" have in common (OS, CPU speed, IE version, e.t.c.), and
specify Eclipse build you are using.

Thanks.

Konrad Kolosowski
Eclipse Help System



                                                                           
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On certain systems every invocation of Eclipse Help brings up a new browser
window, even if called from the same button with no changes to the
application in which the person is working.  The Help browser windows on
these systems also include all the toolbars and the explorer bar of
Internet Explorer.  This is different than my understanding of how Eclipse
Help should come up: in the same, specific 'help' window each invocation.
This is not reproducible on every system and different Eclipse or JDK
versions don't affect how many Help windows are launched.  Are there any
known quirks within Eclipse or elsewhere that might induce multiple browser
window launches?

Thanks,
Elizabeth