From d973823dbbe275bb4935324d58392df5644e5ad4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leena Miettinen Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:04:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: Describe selecting the help viewer backend You can switch the help viewer backend if you have issues with the current one. Change-Id: I0b0697980259a4d14b6e694faff0afed14040556 Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller --- doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-help.qdoc | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-help.qdoc b/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-help.qdoc index fdaa0e2717f..1b2e7f48f1d 100644 --- a/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-help.qdoc +++ b/doc/qtcreator/src/howto/creator-help.qdoc @@ -76,6 +76,25 @@ To switch to the editor context when you close the last help page, select the \uicontrol {Return to editor on closing the last page} check box. + \section1 Selecting the Help Viewer Backend + + The help viewer backend determines the style sheet that is used to display + the help files. A help viewer backend that is based on the \l {QTextBrowser} + is used by default. However, it has several issues that have been fixed when + using litehtml as the help viewer backend. + + On \macos, you can also use a help viewer backend that is based on the + system WebView component. + + To switch the help viewer backend: + + \list 1 + \li Select \uicontrol Tools > \uicontrol Options > \uicontrol Help > + \uicontrol General. + \li In the \uicontrol {Viewer backend} field, select a viewer backend. + \li Reload the help page to take the new backend to use. + \endlist + \section1 Viewing Function Tooltips To hide function tooltips by default, select \uicontrol Tools >