Idea Summary
Currently the page item Help Text setting only accepts static text. It would be great if Help Text could come from various sources, similar to other item settings like Default and Source.
I.e. I would like the ability to specify that the Help Text source for an item is one of:
- Static
- Item
- SQL Query
- Expression
- Function Body
- DB Column Comment
Use Case
This would be especially useful for applications with dynamic help text subsystems, e.g. an application with a function like this.
help_pkg.get_item_help( p_item_name => 'EMP.ENAME', p_lang => :P0_UI_LANGUAGE )
Benefits include:
- no duplication of help text when a page item appears on multiple pages
- easy to provide help text in multiple languages
- applications with table driven help text can make changes to the text in real time via an application instead of having to create a patch for each change
- gives developers the option to leverage database column comments (see FR-2850)
Preferred Solution (Optional)
As described in the Idea Summary.