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NetBeans uses two different forms for managing custom Maven goals: - one for global globals, - one for project-specific goals. The first one is quite intuitive - it has a list of goals, and we clearly see, which one we are editing at the moment. The second editor is much worse, especially in navigation between the named goals, using "Arrow buttons". In addition, editing an existing goal does not actually update it, but surprisingly creates yet another goal. I don't know how to remove a goal. My suggestion is to make a small usability redesign of this window, so that it would resemble the global goal editor: - remove the bottom panel with arrow buttons, "Remember as" and goal name, - add the selectable list of specified actions with "Add", "Remove" and "Show in Toolbar" buttons above the input fields.
do you know about the Actions panel in project customizer? The custom goal action on popup is primarily used for executing ad hoc maven builds. It provides history and a chance of persisting the goals, turning them permanent. But it's not the same UI as the Actions panel (global or project one) and doesn't satisfy the same usecases.
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