fix for 'View Docs' with inherited properties, eg: "Object.name", is inherited and needs to open the URL of "ID.name".

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py b/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py
index df51af25b02..bb5f3a3a2a9 100644
--- a/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py
+++ b/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py
@@ -617,6 +617,15 @@ class WM_OT_doc_view(bpy.types.Operator):
                 url = '%s/bpy.ops.%s.html#bpy.ops.%s.%s' % \
                         (self._prefix, class_name, class_name, class_prop)
             else:
+
+                # detect if this is a inherited member and use that name instead
+                rna_parent = getattr(bpy.types, class_name).bl_rna
+                rna_prop = rna_parent.properties[class_prop]
+                rna_parent = rna_parent.base
+                while rna_parent and rna_prop == rna_parent.properties.get(class_prop):
+                    class_name = rna_parent.identifier
+                    rna_parent = rna_parent.base
+
                 # It so happens that epydoc nests these, not sphinx
                 # class_name_full = self._nested_class_string(class_name)
                 url = '%s/bpy.types.%s.html#bpy.types.%s.%s' % \