Help Support
Identifier:
org.eclipse.ui.helpSupport
Since:
3.0 (originally named org.eclipse.help.support)
Description:
This extension point is for contributing the help system UI. The platform should be configured with no more than one help system UI.
Configuration Markup:
<!ELEMENT extension (config?)>
<!ATTLIST extension
point CDATA #REQUIRED
id CDATA #IMPLIED
name CDATA #IMPLIED>
<!ELEMENT config EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST config
class CDATA #REQUIRED>
- class - the implementation class for displaying online and context-sensitive
help. This class must implement the org.eclipse.ui.help.AbstractHelpUI
interface.
Examples:
The following is a sample usage of the help support extension point:
<extension point="org.eclipse.ui.helpSupport">
<config class="com.example.XYZHelpUI"/>
</extension>
API Information:
The supplied class must implement a subclass of org.eclipse.ui.help.AbstractHelpUI.
Implementation of the abstract methods in that class
determine what happens when a user asks for online help or context-sensitive help. The implementation should access contributed help information using org.eclipse.help.HelpSystem.
Supplied Implementation:
The org.eclipse.help.ui plug-in contains an implementation of the help system UI.
Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
This program and the accompanying materials are made
available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies
this distribution, and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html/
SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0