You can customize the way that the CICS® Explorer displays the Help information by setting preferences in the Help Preferences view
To open the Help Preferences view, click Window > Preferences from the workbench menu bar, and click Help. The Help Preferences view is displayed.
The options available and their default settings are described in the table below. Select the options required, and click OK. The next time that any help information is displayed, the options are applied.
Option | Description | Default |
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Use external browser | Click this option to display the CICS Explorer Help Contents in an external browser, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. If this option is not selected, the Help Contents is displayed in a separate Eclipse window. | Not checked |
Open window context help | This option determines whether the window context help is opened in a dynamic help view or in an infopop. An infopop is a small pop-up window that displays context-sensitive help and links to related help topics. An example of a Help Infopop is shown below. | In a dynamic help view |
Open dialog context help | This option determines whether the dialog context help is opened in a dynamic help section of the Help view or in an infopop. | In a dialog tray |
An example Help Infopop: