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Bug 20641

Summary:	The Fonts&Colors dialog should be accessible directly from the editor
Product:	editor	Reporter:	kokaku <kokaku>
Component:	Settings	Assignee:	issues@editor <issues>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	blocker	CC:	cledantec
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	Other
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on:	21469
Bug Blocks:

Description kokaku 2002-02-18 16:16:29 UTC

Currently, to access the Fonts&Colors dialog, the user must go through the menu (3 clicks), the 
options tree (3 more clicks), and finally open the Fonts & Colors dialog (2 more clicks) - 8 clicks 
total.

I suggest that the user can right-click the Editor window, select 'Change 
Fonts&Colors' - 2 clicks total and much more convenient. The system would check the document type 
and open the appropriate Fonts & Colors dialog (e.g. an HTML doc would open the HTML Editor Fonts & 
Colors whereas a Java doc would open the Java Editor Fonts & Colors).

In general NB should have 
more direct access to dialogs by placing them closer to the context. This has the benefit of 
quicker access, easier use, and the user is not required to remember where a setting is located.

Comment 1 Chris Ledantec 2002-04-08 10:44:32 UTC

this should be resolved by the proposal at:

http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/hi/options/index.html

Comment 2 Marek Grummich 2002-07-22 09:58:23 UTC

Set target milestone to TBD

Comment 3 Marek Grummich 2002-07-22 10:01:21 UTC

Set target milestone to TBD

Comment 4 psuk 2004-03-23 20:33:57 UTC

Changing subcomponent to settings

Comment 5 Vitezslav Stejskal 2007-03-16 05:06:46 UTC

The Fonts & Colors settings are part of the redesigned Tools-Options. We do not
plan to make them directly accessible throught the editors popup menu.