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Build: NetBeans IDE 8.1 (Build 20160715-debian-8.1) VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM, 25.101-b13, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.8.0_101-b13 OS: Linux User Comments: fbethea: <Please provide a description of the problem or the steps to reproduce> initComponents() method "modifier private" not allowed here, netbeans 8.1 using swing components. The generated code becomes invalid in the initComponents() method. The ide presents an error that does not allow for the private access modifier, this is the initComponents() method that the class constructor calls to display a jFrame and all of it's components. Stacktrace: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: view is invalid at javax.help.search.MergingSearchEngine.merge(MergingSearchEngine.java:91) at javax.help.JHelpSearchNavigator.merge(JHelpSearchNavigator.java:168) at javax.help.plaf.basic.BasicSearchNavigatorUI.addSubHelpSets(BasicSearchNavigatorUI.java:275) at javax.help.plaf.basic.BasicSearchNavigatorUI.reloadData(BasicSearchNavigatorUI.java:225) at javax.help.plaf.basic.BasicSearchNavigatorUI.installUI(BasicSearchNavigatorUI.java:174) at javax.swing.JComponent.setUI(JComponent.java:666)
Created attachment 161961 [details] stacktrace
This bug already has 5 duplicates see http://statistics.netbeans.org/exceptions/detail.do?id=163540