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When opening the client window, automatically dock it into the output window instead of leaving it in it's own frame. Leave the window in place when exiting the IDE instead of deleting it as now. This will help with the issues when the main window fronts itself etc in MDI mode. The output window does not work well for people who are developing on a laptop or use a small monitor for any other reasons. Those users would be better off docking it into the Form Editor, though that does not make sense as a general solution since it is not an editor. We can make sure that online help mentions the possibility though.
will fix for nb4.0
Added dependency on 30919. Unless this bug is fixed, there is no point docking the monitor into the output tab. The other tabs (compilation and the tomcat logs) keep requesting focus when something is written to either log.
30919 is closed as a won't fix. Instead, they suggested that the monitor be docked into the top of the output tab. I've tried that, but IMO that's not enough real estate - it's already on the small side when the monitor goes into the center, meaning it creates another tab. Ann, I need your help on finding a suitable place to dock it. Please try the alternatives and let me know what you think is best, then reassign it back to me. Thanks!
To document discussion with Ana and Jano: Whenever the New Window System (http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/ui/ws/ws_spec.html) gets implemented, it is planned for the HTTP Monitor to have its own window. However, the backup plan is still to put the Monitor as a tab in the output window, and depends on 30919 to address the focus grabbing issues.
I docked it into the output window per Ann's instructions in a subsequent email.
Created attachment 12715 [details] MonitorAction diffs
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