Mantid Workbench Changes¶

New Features ¶

MantidWorkbench now features a new, integrated HTML-based help viewer, replacing the previous Qt Assistant-based system. This modernization provides a more streamlined user experience and aligns with current web standards.

Key Enhancements & Foundational Changes:

Modern Help Viewer: A new help window directly renders HTML documentation within MantidWorkbench, offering improved navigation and display.
Standardized Documentation Path: To support the new viewer, HTML documentation now installs to a consistent location: <prefix>/share/doc/html/. * Build systems (CMake, Conda recipes) have been updated for this standard.
Reliable Document Discovery: * The new help viewer uses an absolute path (docs.html.root in Mantid.properties) to reliably locate local documentation. * Legacy internal components (C++ MantidHelpWindow and Python gui_helper.py fallbacks, during their transition phase) have also been updated to recognize the new share/doc/html/ directory.
Phasing out Qt Assistant: * Conda build scripts for mantiddocs and related packages now disable the generation of QtHelp/QtAssistant components (e.g., .qhc files), as part of the move away from Qt Assistant.
CMake Configuration Streamlined: * Related cleanup of some unused CMake variables in Framework/Kernel/CMakeLists.txt was performed.

Impact:

Delivers a more modern and integrated help experience within MantidWorkbench.
Ensures consistent and reliable access to locally installed documentation.
Progresses Mantid’s codebase by removing dependencies on the older Qt Assistant technology.

Bugfixes ¶

Hidden workspaces within a workspace group are no longer shown in WorkspaceTreeWidget

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