Bug 98300

Summary:	"Whats This?" should be disabled if help isnt installed
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) <philipz85>
Component:	Documentation	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	rafael.palma.lima, rb.henschel
Priority:	medium
Version:	5.2.0.0.alpha0+
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120538
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Bug Blocks:	85811

Description Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) 2016-03-01 11:57:08 UTC

The Help > Whats This? function (.uno:ExtendedHelp) can only show extended tooltips if help is installed, so either the entry should be disabled or if help isnt installed and the function is clicked, an error dialog should appear stating that help needs to be installed before this can be used.

Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2016-03-01 13:38:43 UTC

I vote for a "notification" dialog along with either means to reload the help or static text how to do so.

"Error dialog" sounds too escalating to me, and we should clearly distinguish notifications from errors not only in the wording here but also in the visualization.

Comment 2 Regina Henschel 2016-03-01 21:25:08 UTC

I too think a "notification" should appear.

Comment 3 Regina Henschel 2019-01-05 18:17:42 UTC

This seems obsolete to me. With switch to browser for display of local help, neither extended help nor "Whats This?" work at all. Therefore the condition "if help is installed" has become irrelevant.

Comment 4 Rafael Lima 2021-09-22 12:48:49 UTC

Hi all! I agree with Regina.

Should the entry "What's this?" be removed from the Help menu?

I could not get it to work in any manner (in Kf5 at least).