Setting help display preferences

You can customize how CICS Explorer® displays the Help information by setting preferences in the Help Preferences view.

Procedure

  1. Use one of the following methods to open the Preferences window:
    • Windows and Linux®: Click Window > Preferences from the workbench menu bar.
    • macOS: Click IBM Explorer for z/OS > Settings... from the main menu.
  2. Click Help to display the Help pane.
    Help Preferences view
  3. Select the options required, and click OK.
    The next time that any help information is displayed, the options are applied.
    The following tables list the available options and their default settings.
    Table 1. Open Modes options. - these options define how the help content is presented when a topic is opened.
    Option Description Default
    Open Help search This option defines how the Help Search is displayed. The choices are:
    • In the Dynamic Help view.
    • In a separate browser window.
    In the Dynamic Help view.
    Open Help view documents This option defines how help topics are displayed. The choices are:
    • In the same window where the topic is selected.
    • In the editor area of the workbench.
    • In a separate browser window.
    In the same window where the topic is selected.
    Open Help Contents This option defines how the Help Contents option is displayed. The choices are:
    • In the Help browser.
    • In an external browser, such as Internet Explorer or Firefox.
    In the Help browser.
    Table 2. Context help options. - these options define how the context help is presented.
    Option Description Default
    Open window context help This option defines how the context (F1) help is displayed. The choices are:
    • In the Dynamic Help view.
    • In an Infopop.
    In the Dynamic Help view.
    Open dialog context help This option defines how context help for dialogs is displayed. The choices are:
    • In a dialog tray.
    • In an Infopop.
    In a dialog tray.
    An example of Help Infopop:
    An example infopop window.