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In Mac OSX, unable to open a generic text file for editing with the following actions: 1. Double clicking on the file (having set Netbeans as the default program) 2. Dragging the file onto the icon The only way that is not a pain to open is by dragging the file into an empty editor position. As there is only an empty editor when there are no files, this is not always useful. I am able to open through the File menu, or through Favorites, but it is not very nice. Thanks Product Version = NetBeans IDE 8.0 (Build 201403101706) Operating System = Mac OS X version 10.9.4 running on x86_64 Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_11 Runtime = Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.11-b03
> The only way that is not a pain to open is by dragging the file into an empty > editor position. As there is only an empty editor when there are no files, > this is not always useful. You can drag the file into editor area even if some files are already opened. At least it worked for me with Mac OS X 10.9.4 and NetBeans 8.0 (drop the dragged file on already opened document's editor pane). *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 138943 ***