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[ BUILD # : Dev 20050314 ] [ JDK VERSION : 1.5.0_01 ] It is not possible to use the Event tab of the form editor Properties window to define a set of events all at once. When you click on an undefined event, an event method name is automatically generated. When you type return, type tab, or click on another event, the file view is immediately flipped to Source view and the cursor positioned at the new event method. You cannot stay in Design view to define more events. It would be more effective if the view only changed to Source view when return is typed or the field is double-clicked. If you either type a tab or click on another event, the new event code should still be generated, but the view should stay in Design view and the focus moved to the next or clicked event. This would enable the user to define a set of related events all at once, and then flip over to the Source view to edit them just once. As it is now, you have to flip back and forth between Design and Source views for each event method one at a time.
Request for enhancement => changing issue type.
Creating an event handler brings you to the source editor. With the currrent implementation based on property sheet we can hardly distinguish how the value was added (whether Enter was pressed or the field was just left by clicking somewhere else).
See also issue 23069.
I'm glad to see this design bug (not enhancement) is under review for an upcoming release. It is so simple to fix as I stated in my initial post, and it is a royal UI pain-in-the-butt.