# Changing how help information is displayed

## Help browser

The help system can be accessed in help view, or separate help window. The help window may have a form of a simple window with an embedded browser, or be one of the web browser available on your system.

If embedded web browser is supported on your system, help uses an embedded help browser to display help, whenever possible. When a modal window is showing on the screen, that would prevent interacting with the embedded browser, requesting help opens an external browser. If embedded browser is used on your system and you prefer to always use external browser, you may select this behavior in help preferences.

## Context help

By default, context-sensitive help for workbench elements is displayed in the help view. Context-sensitive help for dialogs is displayed adjacent to the dialog, in a window similar to the help view. If you prefer to display context help in infopops when working in the workbench, in dialogs or both, change the selection in the help preference page.

## Displaying topics

A topic selected in the help view can be displayed in place, in the help view, or in the editor area. You may indicate suitable way in the help preferences. On some platforms, with no embedded browser, the topics will always be displayed in an external browser.

Help preference page