# Help defaults dialog

The Help defaults dialog allows you to specify defaults for the help system. The dialog is callable from the option of the same name within the Module menu at the top of the WorkShop Visual display.

The Default Path field denotes the path that is used to prepend document names. It is used in WorkShop Visual and is the fallback for the generated code. Instead of typing the name of a path in directly, you can press on the Default Path resource button to display the Document Finder dialog to browse the file system.

The Default Document field is used if a marker for help is set but no document is specified for the widget or any of the widget ancestors. Again, instead of typing the name of a document in directly, you can press on the Default Document resource button to display the Document finder dialog.

The Path Resource and Path environment variable fields allow you to provide a dynamic Help document context: code will be generated so that any values specified will be used to override any setting of the Default path: the runtime environment variable takes precedence over the static resource setting.

The Default Translation field will cause a translation to be added to every widget which has a help marker; the associated Action for this translation will always be Help. For example, a translation 'CtrlA' will mean that unless specified otherwise Control A will cause the Help message window to be displayed for a widget which has a help marker.

The 'Always own window' toggle, when set, causes code to be generated so that each access to the Help System will result in a new Help Document window.

See also:

- Help documents and markers
- Document finder
- About WorkShop Visual