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Bug 20641 - The Fonts&Colors dialog should be accessible directly from the editor
Summary: The Fonts&Colors dialog should be accessible directly from the editor
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: editor
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Settings (show other bugs)
Version: 3.x
Hardware: All Other
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@editor
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on: 21469
Blocks:
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Reported: 2002-02-18 16:16 UTC by kokaku
Modified: 2007-11-05 13:42 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description kokaku 2002-02-18 16:16:29 UTC
Currently, to access the Fonts&Colors dialog, the user must go through the menu (3 clicks), the 
options tree (3 more clicks), and finally open the Fonts & Colors dialog (2 more clicks) - 8 clicks 
total.

I suggest that the user can right-click the Editor window, select 'Change 
Fonts&Colors' - 2 clicks total and much more convenient. The system would check the document type 
and open the appropriate Fonts & Colors dialog (e.g. an HTML doc would open the HTML Editor Fonts & 
Colors whereas a Java doc would open the Java Editor Fonts & Colors).

In general NB should have 
more direct access to dialogs by placing them closer to the context. This has the benefit of 
quicker access, easier use, and the user is not required to remember where a setting is located.
Comment 1 Chris Ledantec 2002-04-08 10:44:32 UTC
this should be resolved by the proposal at:

http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/hi/options/index.html
Comment 2 Marek Grummich 2002-07-22 09:58:23 UTC
Set target milestone to TBD
Comment 3 Marek Grummich 2002-07-22 10:01:21 UTC
Set target milestone to TBD
Comment 4 psuk 2004-03-23 20:33:57 UTC
Changing subcomponent to settings
Comment 5 Vitezslav Stejskal 2007-03-16 05:06:46 UTC
The Fonts & Colors settings are part of the redesigned Tools-Options. We do not
plan to make them directly accessible throught the editors popup menu.