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Using the explorer drill into a java file until you find Fields. Right-click to and choose Add Fields .. and you get the Edit New Field dialog. This dialog and the Create Fields pane of the New wizard do very similar things, yet they are very different. I think it would be best if one used the other. As they are currently implemented Create Fields would use Edit New Field, because Create Fields let you create multiple fields and Edit New Field lets you add just one. Examples of the differences:
I didn't finish the examples Edit New Field uses "Access" while Create Fields uses "Access Level". Edit New Field's default access level is "public" while Create Fields' is "<default>". I think both are wrong and should use "private" (see 15048). Edit New Field uses "Other Modifers" while Create Fields uses "Field Type". Edit New Field offers abstract, synchronized and native yet they appear to be permanently disabled. I was unable to find a way to enable them. This is probably good because I don't think they apply to fields, they apply to methods. So why are present? Edit New Field offers the String type while Create Fields does not. The list of types offerred is in a different order. I hope this makes it clear that a common panel should be used between Edit New Field and Create Fields.
Reassinging to java mailing list. It's already too late to reuse code from the customizer for 3.3 - will do for the next release.
No longer relevant - create fields pane was removed from class wizard.
Reorganization of java component