With the information center, users can view, browse, and search product
information. The information center is built upon open source software developed
by the Eclipse Project (
www.eclipse.org).
It can display content that has been packaged as an Eclipse documentation
plug-in.
The information center uses an embedded web application server to handle
content requests in the system. This embedded web server uses a random port
to avoid port conflicts between applications.
Product or application developers can create their own documentation plug-ins
and integrate them in the information center for viewing by their users. To
learn about creating and packaging documentation plug-ins, see the Eclipse
Project's Web site:
www.eclipse.org.
Navigating by keyboard
Use the following key combinations
to navigate the
information center by keyboard:
- To go directly to the Topic pane (the right hand side), press Alt+K, and
then press Tab.
- In the Topic pane, to go to the next link, press Tab.
- To go directly to the Search Results view in the left hand side, press
Alt+R, and then press Enter or Up arrow to enter the view.
- To go directly to the Navigation (Table of Contents) view in the left
hand side, press Alt+C, and then press Enter or Up arrow to enter the view.
- To expand and collapse a node in the navigation tree, press the Right
and Left arrows.
- To move to the next topic node, press the Down arrow or Tab.
- To move to the previous topic node, press the Up arrow or Shift+Tab.
- To go to the next link, button, or topic node from inside on of the views,
press Tab.
- To scroll all the way up or down in a pane, press Home or End.
- To go back, press Alt+Left arrow; to go forward, press Alt+Right arrow.
- To go to the next pane, press F6.
- To move to the previous pane, press Shift+F6.
- To print the active pane, press Ctrl+P.