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    Default Can creator's help get a window of its own?

    Hello out there,
    since I am quite new to Qt I am using creator's integrated help a lot.
    Is there a way to separate it from creator's main window? Then I could move it to my second monitor and have it visible while staring at my code in despair.
    I am aware that via F1 another help window appears to the right, and I experimented with enlarging this to the right, giving one enormously large window. But in the setup I have here this is not nearly as useful as having 2 truly independent windows.
    Just wondering ...
    Or - just occurred to me - can the help system be started as a separate process?
    Best regards
    Helmut Giese

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    Default Re: Can creator's help get a window of its own?

    I know this is weird solution.

    1. Open your qt folder, you will see a folder named "doc".
    2. Take this folder to another PC.
    3. Open index.html and surf the html help.

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    Default Re: Can creator's help get a window of its own?

    Quote Originally Posted by yogeshgokul View Post
    I know this is weird solution.

    1. Open your qt folder, you will see a folder named "doc".
    2. Take this folder to another PC.
    3. Open index.html and surf the html help.
    Guys, ever heard of an application called "Qt Assistant"? Ehh... newbies
    Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile.

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    Default Re: Can creator's help get a window of its own?

    Quote Originally Posted by wysota View Post
    Guys, ever heard of an application called "Qt Assistant"? Ehh... newbies
    Right as he want help on same PC with more than one monitor.
    Quote Originally Posted by hgiese View Post
    Then I could move it to my second monitor and have it visible
    Aah !! I assumed he needs help on another PC.

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    Default Re: Can creator's help get a window of its own?

    Thanks guys.
    @yogeshgokul Nothing wrong with using "weird" solutions if it's he only way.

    @wysota "Qt Assistant"? What's that supposed to be? Never heard of it.
    I know that newbies are a PITA - in the domain where I am expert we have them, too, and the only thing which helps me tolerate them is remembering that I started out this way, too.
    You're really a great help around here - much appreciated.
    Best regards
    Helmut Giese

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    You can find more about Qt Assistant here.

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    Default Re: Can creator's help get a window of its own?

    Oops, sorry, that was meant as a joke (Note to self: Try to refrain from being funny when posting ).

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    Default Re: Can creator's help get a window of its own?

    Quote Originally Posted by hgiese View Post
    @wysota "Qt Assistant"? What's that supposed to be? Never heard of it.
    I know that newbies are a PITA - in the domain where I am expert we have them, too, and the only thing which helps me tolerate them is remembering that I started out this way, too.
    It's that most newcomers don't see the world past Qt Creator. "I want to do this in Creator, I want to do that in Creator".
    Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile.

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