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There is an apparent need for a non-technology-specific module in the ide cluster which would define common UI used by different debugger implementations. See issue #147042: currently the Toolbars/Debug/ folder, for example, is defined by: ant.debugger cnd.debugger.gdb debugger.jpda.ui ruby.debugger web.client.tools.impl Clearly we do not want to maintain 5 copies of the same UI indefinitely!
Such common module is spi.debugger.ui. It's not clear what actions which debugger use, therefore each debugger implementation has to define it's own toolbar buttons. I agree, however, that the current situation is not nice and it hurts flexibility. We actually plan to implement this into the next IDE version.
I wrote the requirements and suggested a solution at http://wiki.netbeans.org/CommonDebuggerUI70
Fixed as suggested in changeset: 109937:b6c8e74930a8 http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/b6c8e74930a8
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *200811301401* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/b6c8e74930a8 User: mentlicher@netbeans.org Log: #148733 - Declare Debug toolbar just once and hide unused actions automatically.
Verified ... and Closing all issues resolved into NetBeans 6.7 and earlier.