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Bug 220616

Summary:	Retain user operational state after an IDE restart
Product:	platform	Reporter:	aschwarz1309 <aschwarz1309>
Component:	Window System	Assignee:	Stanislav Aubrecht <saubrecht>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	Keywords:	USABILITY
Priority:	P4
Version:	7.2.1
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description aschwarz1309 2012-10-22 21:23:32 UTC

Product Version = NetBeans IDE 7.2.1 (Build 201210100934)
Operating System = Windows 7 version 6.1 running on x86
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.7.0_03
Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM 22.1-b02

It would be nice to retain the operational environment after an update. This includes windows and their spatial arrangements, and user tabs. It is inconvenient to have to create the operational environment following an IDE UPDATE.

Since Netbeans retains projects it might as well retain the environment that existed prior to an update.

Comment 1 Stanislav Aubrecht 2012-10-29 08:44:20 UTC

NetBeans does keep the window layout when doing minor updates, i.e. when the use dir does not change.
When upgrading to major versions, e.g. from 7.2 to 7.3 the window layout resets to defaults.