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This happened in version 5.5, too. When you are focused in the editor window and you alt-tab to another application, NetBeans focuses on the menu bar's File menu and when you alt-tab back to the NetBeans IDE, the File menu still holds the focus. The matter is that pushing Alt key switches focus between the menu bar and anything else currently focused. This is good, but it should not happen while Alt-Tabbing. Thank You.
I tried described scenario in NB 5.5.1 on both Windows Vista and Windows XP, but couldn't reproduce. Does it happen every time to you or just sometimes? What version of Java do you use? Do you work in conditions that are anyhow special (like dual monitor, or whatever not really standard)?
It seems to happen every time. I'm using JDK 1.6 w/ JRE 1.6, Windows XP SP2. I really don't know if this could be caused by something else in the system (like display drivers?). It happens even with clear profile (ie. not imported from older version; I allways try this first). Some of my co-students have also complained this is an issue. This was on Solaris (SunOS 5.10, CDE and maybe even Gnome) and JDK 1.5 with NB5.5.
Reassigning to "core" for evaluation.
i can't reproduce in nb60 m10 but i did encounter this issue intermittently in previous versions
Well known Swing/AWT issue, see descriptions in duplicate reports: 42113 *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 42113 ***