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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.
this should be resolved by the proposal at: http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/hi/options/index.html
Set target milestone to TBD
Changing subcomponent to settings
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.