Customizing JavaHelp display

You can display JavaHelp output in the JavaHelp viewer. This Help window includes the navigation pane on the left side with Contents, Index and Search tabs, and topic content in a viewing pane on the right. You can customize how the JavaHelp viewer looks and functions to suit the unique needs of your Help system. You make these settings before you generate the output.

To customize JavaHelp:

The JavaHelp Options dialog opens. The settings for customizing JavaHelp are available at this dialog.

To:

Do this:

Add (or remove) the Contents tab from the navigation pane

Select or clear TOC

Add (or remove) the Index tab from the navigation pane

Select or clear Index

Add (or remove) the Search tab from the navigation pane

Select or clear Full-Text Search

Enable browse sequences (If you create browse sequences in your project, select this feature so functionality is available in the browser.)

Select Browse Sequences

Enable WebSearch (If you intend on using WebSearch with your project, select this feature to provide access to WebSearch from the Help viewer.)

Select WebSearch

Specify the location for browse sequences and WebSearch

Select Top Right, Bottom Left or Bottom Right as the location

Specify the appearance of browse sequences or WebSearch controls

Select Button or Text as the style

 

Tips:

  • You can assign a default topic to your Help system. This is the equivalent of a home page at an Internet site. It is the topic that is displayed when your Help system starts. For more information, see Assigning default topics.

  • If you do not want to include the navigation pane in your Help system, clear the TOC, Index and Search settings.

  • You can use different combinations of tabs in the navigation pane. For example, if you do not want to include full-text search functionality, clear Search. The navigation pane will display the Contents and Index tabs.

  • If you do not create a table of contents, you can clear the TOC setting and the navigation pane will not display the Contents tab. If you do not clear this setting, the Contents tab will be included in the navigation pane, although it will not display books or pages.

  • If you do not create an index, you can clear the Index setting and the navigation pane will not display the Index tab. If you do not clear this setting, the Index tab will be included in the navigation pane, although it will not display keywords.