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It is not nice to have a long-running task with no detailed progress updates which would indicate that something is actually happening.
Created attachment 73748 [details] Possible patch showing file being searched; showing percentage complete seems much harder
Fixed in the trunk. Percentage complete is now showing.
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *200812300201* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/61b0ec9bd288 User: Andrey Yamkovoy <kaktus@netbeans.org> Log: Fix for #153173 - Show progress while searching
Seems to work.
Progress bar exists at the bottom status line: Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 200901120201) Java: 1.5.0_14; Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 1.5.0_14-b03 System: Windows XP version 5.1 running on x86; Cp1251; ru_RU (nb)