Help Menu

[Ugljesa Janjic]

Hello,
When I click on ArchiCAD Help menu it takes me to the Graphisoft's Help Center page instead of opening the old light blue help window (see attachment). I don't like this and don't know how to re-call it back. Does anyone know how to do this and what seems to be the problem?
Much obliged,
Ugljesa

[Karl Ottenstein]

Stress wrote:
New to AC18 is "Archicad Help Center Options".

Great find, Marc! But, I can't seem to find where to bring up the options dialog that you show in your screenshot... Where is it hidden?

[Stress Co_]

Funny that. It doesn't exist anywhere until you add it.
I put it in my Help Pull down menu.

Look in Work Environment under "All new Commands".
It's listed as "Archicad Help Center Options"

[Karl Ottenstein]

Stress wrote:
Funny that. It doesn't exist anywhere until you add it.
I put it in my Help Pull down menu.

Look in Work Environment under "All new Commands".
It's listed as "Archicad Help Center Options"

Man. Thanks, Marc! I had not customized my menus yet, assuming that all new commands would be in the delivered "Standard" menu scheme. Obviously not.

When I didn't see the command, I foolishly thought that it would be in the "Help" group with commands 'grouped by theme' ... but as the attached shows, for some reason GS put this command in the YouTube Channel add-on. Go figure.

Displaying just "All new commands" as you did seems the way to go for updated WE...

Thanks again!

[Stress Co_]

Karl wrote:
... but as the attached shows, for some reason GS put this command in the YouTube Channel add-on.

Seems like a mistake.
Speaking of the YouTube Channel... I get stuck at the attached screen.

[Stress Co_]

For some reason, after migrating to Mojave, I've lost
the ability to open "? ARCHICAD Help" from the Help Menu.
In the previous OS... it wouldn't open in the Safari browser,
so I set the file to open in Chrome.

With Mojave, the file opens correctly (in Chrome) if I open the file from within
the Help folder... but from the Archicad Help menu... it keeps trying to
open in Safari and I get a "Safari Can't open the page" message.

Any thoughts?

[Karl Ottenstein]

Hi Marc,

There are all kinds of file types etc that are associated with the browser, so the old Get Info method of changing the file association shown in your screenshot doesn't work...without a lot more work.

Easiest thing - if you're willing to let Chrome be your default browser, is to use the system Preferences to change the default. Screenshot attached.

Cheers,
Karl

[Stress Co_]

Thank you Karl.
That worked. The ONLY reason I've preferred Safari over
Chrome, is it's simplicity of sharing links via email.

Just found a Chrome extension that does the same.