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The ... popup is implemented as JList inside JPopupMenu. Why not through JMenuItems ? The actions could have been presented as action buttons or icons with enable/disable based on the selected line.
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue. Thanks for your cooperation, NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss