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Bug 213484

Summary:	GridBagLayout Designer: Can't copy components
Product:	guibuilder	Reporter:	tim_sa <tim_sa>
Component:	Natural Layout	Assignee:	issues@guibuilder <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.3
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	screenshot 1 nb7.3rc2-gridbag-designer

Description tim_sa 2012-06-04 07:44:25 UTC

Whend working with the GridbagLayout Designer it woulde be nice to be able to copy existing components that you already have on the form to a new position.

To give an example if you want to add 30 labels to your form you have to right click on the cell -> Add Component -> Swing Controls -> Label . 
This needs to be done for each individual label.

If a component could be copied the usage changes to copy the label once, and hit paste on each individual cell that you want the label to occupy

Comment 1 pbucken 2013-02-14 17:13:26 UTC

Created attachment 131399 [details]
screenshot 1 nb7.3rc2-gridbag-designer

Comment 2 pbucken 2013-02-14 17:23:29 UTC

my comment seems to be gone , so i send it again.

In netbeans7.3RC2 it is no longer possible to cut/copy graphical elements from one form and paste them into another form as it was in earlier versions of netbeans.

"cut" and "copy" are active, but "paste" and "duplicate" are greyed out and deactivated.

please have a look at this, as it seems like accidentally commented lines in former working code during some debugging session.