Hi Adam,
thank you for your answer and for the fix in the next minor release. For now I created a little workaround by removing the default help button and adding a custom help button that calls a nice javascript function that does what it should do - really to simple really - I think I must have been sleeping when I asked this question yesterday
WebControl helpCtrl=Editor1.CreateCommandButton("HelpButton","help.gif","Editor Help");
helpCtrl.Attributes["onclick"]="showCustomHelpPopup('"+Editor1.HelpUrl+"');";
Editor1.InsertToolControl(0,"HelpButton",helpCtrl);
Editor1.ToolControls.RemoveAt(Editor1.ToolControls.IndexOf("help"));
I found out most things are replacable like this if a button isn't exactly doing what you wish. I wonder if I will have any original buttons left in my editor in about a year