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Ken KoellnerKen Koellner 

Is there a standard what to do "Help" info on a page?

I always search first but I tried searching on "Help Page" but got lots of hits like "Need help with XYZ". 

 

I want to put something on the screen that makes help info pop up.  Not unlike the standard SF functionality where you put help info on a field and then there's a question mark next to the field.  When you hover over the question mark, you see the help bubble.  I want that for the whole page.  In other words, put a question mark or something else on the screen and when the user hovers it or clicks it, you get a pop-up page with a few paragraphs of info on how to user the page.

 

Is there any feature built in to VF to do that?

 

 

TheSwamiTheSwami

This is the closest article I know of:

https://login.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/customhelp_defining_object_level_help.htm

You can set help text on an object, and using static resources, you could construct your own help system fairly easily.

 

Creating a pop-up/pop-over is easy to do with CSS.  (this is one example of many on the web http://www.pat-burt.com/web-development/how-to-do-a-css-popup-without-opening-a-new-window/)
Simon ThompsonSimon Thompson

You may like to check out my companies app... Improved Help for Salesforce as it covers this requirement.  

 

http://improvedapps.com/improvedhelp/

 

Improved Help allows Help Authors to:

 

  • Define rich custom help content and add context-sensitive links to repurpose underused remote 'Help Resources';
  • Provide Helped Users with a locally branded, custom help portal and Quick Access Menu to access Help Tools;
  • Push rich content, in context, direct to the point of need - in situ, embedded within helped Salesforce application pages.
  • Push Help to Customer and Partner Portal apps too

I work for Improved apps and we focus on niche apps that drive new levels of adoption for Salesforce users and System Administrators.