--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Troy Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I began using Flex Builder under Windows (v2) and found the > context-sensitive help, like in all good IDEs, a lifesaver. Under > FB/Win, if I put the cursor under an API function and hit F2, the help > would take me right to the function. And, the help was launched in its > own app/process. Finally, when using the help, if I searched for a > class name the class reference was almost *always* the first hit. > > Now, I'm using FB on Mac (v3). The help is far less useful. When I hit > F2, the help goes to the class's page, but doesn't jump to the > function/property/style. Worse, the help uses my default web browser, > so if I'm in the middle of debugging (a common time to need help!) > nothing happens as FB has "paused" my browser's process (thus new > windows don't pop up). Finally, if I search for something from within > the help I get dozens of results before getting the actual class > (e.g., search for "DisplayObject" doesn't show the DisplayObject class > until many, many, many pages of results later (I assume... I actually > gave up looking for it in the list). > > Is there anything I can do preferences-wise to fix this? It really > strips away this as a feature... It's actually faster for me to google > DisplayObject (which returns the Flex 2 API reference for that class > as the first hit) than it for me to use the built-in help!
I'm not sure if this will work on a Mac, but this might help you: http://flexdiary.blogspot.com/2008/07/getting-help-in-flex- builder.html
