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NetBeans build 201208200933 JDK 7u5 32-bit In earlier versions of the IDE, I could rename a file in the Files view by pressing F2. That no longer works. However, renaming something in the Projects view still works with F2. So I expect that this change was not intentional.
Passing to owner of Files view. The fact that F2 works in Projects view should indicate Explorer is OK.
could not reproduce with jdk 1.6 nor 1.7. see below Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 20120904-4137a42930ed) Java: 1.7.0_03; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 22.1-b02 System: Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64; Cp1252; en_US (nb)
Works for me now too with build 201209020001. :)