This Bugzilla instance is a read-only archive of historic NetBeans bug reports. To report a bug in NetBeans please follow the project's instructions for reporting issues.
[ BUILD # : 00246ce3f6fb ] [ JDK VERSION : 1.6.20 ] It is not possible now define the connection name directly when you are creating it. It was a NetFIX fix and looks like the refactoring for 7.0 removed this option. Now it is possible to do this just after connection creating by properties view what is not intuitive for users who don't know about it.
This change in UI is intentional within simplification of New Connection Dialog (based on a proposal of UI team). Anyway, to make changing of display name of connection more easy, I've integrated standard Rename feature (including in-place editing on F2 shortcut). I believe it's a suitable replacement. core-main/rev/2d1d3e9209d8
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *201011230001* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main/rev/2d1d3e9209d8 User: Jiri Rechtacek <jrechtacek@netbeans.org> Log: #192175: Make possible again to define the connection name
I agree with you this is a suitable replacement even thinking that a possibility to define it directly at connection creation is better.
v. Build 101122-f09560d59e32