How to get context sensitive help in JSP Pages

Is it possible to display context sensitive help in JSP Pages when I press the tab key on the keyboard base on the key focus. I don�t want to use any applet or Swing components, because it�s a web page viewed on the browser
Thanks

Java code inside a JSP is interpreted on the server and the HTML produced by the server it is shown in the client browser. The JSP code can incorporate calls to the JavaHelp API if it is available to the server. Those calls can be used on the server side to map parts of the JSP to contents of a help set (HTML pages).
Given that, you can provide context sensitive help, but when it comes to view help information, you either can show HTML only (without TOC, index, etc.) or you'd need an applet.
Ulrich

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