Desktop Tools and Development Environment

Navigate the Contents Listing

In the Contents listing, you can

• Click the + to the left of an item to show the first page of that document or section in the display pane and expand the listing for that item in the Help Navigator pane. You can instead: double-click the item, press the right arrow key, or press + on the numeric keypad.
• Click the - to the left of an item to collapse the listings for that item. You can instead: double-click the item, press the left arrow key, or press - on the numeric keypad.
• Select an item to show the first page of that document or section in the display pane.
• Press * on the numeric keypad to expand all nodes for the selection.
• Use the down and up arrow keys to move through the list of items.

Icons in the Contents Listing

Icons for entries in the top levels of the Contents pane listing represent the type of documentation so you can quickly find the kind of information you need for a product. See the table for icons in Types of Documentation.

Product Pages

After expanding the listing for a product in the Contents pane, the last entry is Product Page (Web). This links to the MathWorks Web site for the latest information about that product. Like other links to the Web, the page opens in your system Web browser.

Synchronize the Contents Listing with the Display Pane

By default, the topic highlighted in the Contents pane matches the title of the page appearing in the display pane. The Contents pane listing is said to be synchronized with the displayed document. This feature is useful if you access documentation with a method other than the Contents pane, for example, using a link in a page in the display pane. With synchronization, you know what book and section the displayed page is part of. Note that synchronization only applies to the major headings in a document. For pages that begin with lower level headings, the Contents pane listing does not synchronize.

You can turn off synchronization. To do so, use preferences. See General--Keep Contents Synchronized.

Synchronization only applies to the Contents pane. The page shown in the display pane does not necessarily correspond to the selection in the Index, Search, or Demos panes. However, if you return to the Contents pane, the Contents pane synchronizes with the displayed page, except when displaying demos.

Finding Information with the Help Browser

Index for the Help Browser

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