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Bug 213231

Summary: Shift F6 should work for dependencies
Product: projects Reporter: fommil <fommil>
Component: MavenAssignee: Tomas Stupka <tstupka>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX    
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3    
Version: 7.1.2   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Mac OS X   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:

Description fommil 2012-05-30 11:17:00 UTC 
(I'm using Maven as Java Application build system)

Sometimes a third party library will have some really nice demos built in to it - of course it is better if they distribute such demos in separate jars.

Unfortunately the Shift-F6 key command, and corresponding menu item, does not work when browsing to dependency files with attached sources. It should.

Workaround: manually set up an F6 main executable and manually enter the full class path. This can be a real pain for Maven projects because it means setting up a new profile as well.
Comment 1 Milos Kleint 2012-05-30 14:42:01 UTC 
not a bug.  running classes from dependencies was never implemented.
Comment 2 Martin Balin 2016-07-07 08:39:06 UTC 
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue.

Thanks for your cooperation,
NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss