Added a help tasbar, currently only pointing to the readthedocs. Mine automatically had a search function, so i did not specifically add this. Is this true for windows as well? (#68)

Author: PaulJonasJost

src/petab_gui/controllers/mother_controller.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QMessageBox, QFileDialog, QLineEdit, QWidget, \
     QHBoxLayout, QToolButton, QTableView
-from PySide6.QtGui import QAction
+from PySide6.QtGui import QAction, QDesktopServices
 import zipfile
 import tempfile
 import os
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import yaml
 import qtawesome as qta
 from ..utils import FindReplaceDialog, CaptureLogHandler, process_file
-from PySide6.QtCore import Qt
+from PySide6.QtCore import Qt, QUrl
 from pathlib import Path
 from ..models import PEtabModel
 from .sbml_controller import SbmlController
@@ -367,6 +367,18 @@ def setup_actions(self):
         )
         actions["clear_log"].triggered.connect(self.logger.clear_log)
 
+        # Opening the PEtab documentation
+        actions["open_documentation"] = QAction(
+            qta.icon("mdi6.web"),
+            "View PEtab Documentation", self.view
+        )
+        actions["open_documentation"].triggered.connect(
+            lambda: QDesktopServices.openUrl(QUrl(
+                "https://petab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/v1/"
+                "documentation_data_format.html"
+            ))
+        )
+
         return actions
 
     def save_model(self):

src/petab_gui/views/task_bar.py

@@ -109,6 +109,19 @@ def __init__(self, parent, actions):
         self.menu.addAction(actions["clear_log"])
 
 
+class HelpMenu(BasicMenu):
+    """Help Menu of the TaskBar."""
+    def menu_name(self):
+        return "&Help"
+
+    def __init__(self, parent, actions):
+        super().__init__(parent, actions)
+
+        # Add actions to the menu for re-adding tables
+        self.menu.addAction(actions["open_documentation"])
+
+
+
 class TaskBar:
     """TaskBar of the PEtab Editor."""
     def add_menu(self, menu_class, actions):
@@ -123,3 +136,4 @@ def __init__(self, parent, actions):
         self.file_menu = self.add_menu(FileMenu, actions)
         self.edit_menu = self.add_menu(EditMenu, actions)
         self.view_menu = self.add_menu(ViewMenu, actions)
+        self.help_menu = self.add_menu(HelpMenu, actions)