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Read-only properties like UIClassID or "Item Count" (JComboBox) should be grouped in a sub-group called "Read-Only", or better yet not shown at all.
*** Issue 163545 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
The current implementation is as designed e.g. this issue is not a defect => changing to enhancement. In some future release we can consider hiding (or adding the possibility to hide) read-only properties. I personally don't like the creation of a special Read-Only group/category. IMHO it would make search for the properties more difficult.
No problems, an option to hide read-only properties would be perfect. Sorry for the duplicate and I did actually select ENHANCEMENT, something funny happened and I got an error page asking me to press the back button and check my values and resubit.
Created attachment 80884 [details] Reference implementation adding preference to hide read-only properties
Attached patch is a suggested implementation, I apologize in advance if I've done anything bad/wrong here, this is the first time I've ever looked at NetBeans source let alone touched the source code. This implementation works as expected and includes a suggested implementation for #163539 [1]. [1] Translate camelCase property names in property sheet to Normal Case http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=163539