[issue27465] IDLE:Make help source menu entries unique and sorted.

Change by Tal Einat : -- versions: +Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 -Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list

[issue27465] IDLE:Make help source menu entries unique and sorted.

Tal Einat added the comment: > I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile to add Drag and Drop functionality to > the Help listbox to allow users to move the items into any order they want? I agree that allowing a user to set the order is preferable. Rather than drag, we could just add up/down

[issue27465] IDLE:Make help source menu entries unique and sorted.

Zackery Spytz added the comment: I have created a pull request for this issue. Please consider taking a look. -- nosy: +ZackerySpytz ___ Python tracker ___

[issue27465] IDLE:Make help source menu entries unique and sorted.

Change by Zackery Spytz : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +16601 stage: test needed -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17093 ___ Python tracker

[issue27465] IDLE:Make help source menu entries unique and sorted.

Cheryl Sabella added the comment: > Currently, names are displayed in the order added. I believe sorting would > be better, especially when one adds more than 2 entries. That should also be > easy. I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile to add Drag and Drop

[issue27465] IDLE:Make help source menu entries unique and sorted.

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- components: +IDLE ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue27465] IDLE:Make help source menu entries unique and sorted.

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: The IDLE doc currently says "Additional help sources may be added here with the Configure IDLE dialog under the General tab." Revise to something like Additional help sources Menu items for display here are added on the General tap of Options => Configure

[issue27465] IDLE:Make help source menu entries unique and sorted.

New submission from Terry J. Reedy: The 'General' tab of the IDLE configuration menu allows a user to add entries to the Help menu that display a text when clicked. A user might want more than one text available for a given 'topic', such as a doc and how-to for a package. However, there is