Help for shapes (Was: Diagram or similar that shows all shapes?)

[christian ridderstrom gmail com]

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Lars Clausen wrote:

> > Oh.. that reminds me. Is there some kind of datafield for a shape that
> > lets you attach some kind of description/documentation to it? It would be
> > quite nice if you could get "help" for a shape. I frequently find that I
> > don't know the intended purpose...
>
> Not apart from the "description" (defined in the sheet), which is rarely
> much longer than the name, and is what pops up on mouse-over.  How would
> you suggest this help gets shown?  Adding the field is easy enough.

I just thought that the "properties" dialog could contain a button called 
"Help". Clicking that button then shows the help text for that shape.
The help text could either be shown as a pop-up, or as something that is 
opened in a separate window.

/Christian

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