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public static function BrowseURL(url: string): void;
public static void BrowseURL(string url);

Description

Open url in the default web browser.


Editor Window that lets you load docs for any Selected GameObject.

	// EditorScript that quickly searchs for a help page
	// of the selected Object.
	//
	// If there is no page found on the Manual it opens the Unity forum.

import UnityEditor;

class QuickHelper extends EditorWindow {

var source : Object;

@MenuItem("Example/QuickHelper _h") static function Init() { var window : QuickHelper = EditorWindow.GetWindowWithRect(QuickHelper, Rect(0,0,165,100)); window.Show(); }

function OnGUI() { EditorGUILayout.BeginHorizontal(); source = EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(source, Object); EditorGUILayout.EndHorizontal();

if(GUILayout.Button("Search!")) { if(source == null) { this.ShowNotification(GUIContent("No object selected for searching")); } else { if(Help.HasHelpForObject(source)) Help.ShowHelpForObject(source); else Help.BrowseURL("http://forum.unity3d.com/search.php"); } } } }