bpo-46591: Make About IDLE doc link label clickable (GH-30251)

Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
index ed2b05e..34b2c08 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Released on 2022-10-03
 =========================
 
 
+bpo-46591: Make the IDLE doc URL on the About IDLE dialog clickable.
+
 bpo-45296: Clarify close, quit, and exit in IDLE.  In the File menu,
 'Close' and 'Exit' are now 'Close Window' (the current one) and 'Exit'
 is now 'Exit IDLE' (by closing all windows).  In Shell, 'quit()' and
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/help_about.py b/Lib/idlelib/help_about.py
index 019aacb..c59f494 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/help_about.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/help_about.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 import os
 import sys
+import webbrowser
 from platform import python_version, architecture
 
 from tkinter import Toplevel, Frame, Label, Button, PhotoImage
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ class AboutDialog(Toplevel):
                      f"{version[:version.rindex('.')]}/library/idle.html",
                      justify=LEFT, fg=self.fg, bg=self.bg)
         docs.grid(row=7, column=0, columnspan=2, sticky=W, padx=10, pady=0)
+        docs.bind("<Button-1>", lambda event: webbrowser.open(docs['text']))
 
         Frame(frame_background, borderwidth=1, relief=SUNKEN,
               height=2, bg=self.bg).grid(row=8, column=0, sticky=EW,
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/htest.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/htest.py
index 666ff4c..d297f8a 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/htest.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/htest.py
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ AboutDialog_spec = {
     'kwds': {'title': 'help_about test',
              '_htest': True,
              },
-    'msg': "Test every button. Ensure Python, TK and IDLE versions "
-           "are correctly displayed.\n [Close] to exit.",
+    'msg': "Click on URL to open in default browser.\n"
+           "Verify x.y.z versions and test each button, including Close.\n "
     }
 
 # TODO implement ^\; adding '<Control-Key-\\>' to function does not work.