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There is no documented way to open multiple editor windows in 3.6, at least not in 'separate windows mode' It appears that the functionality has been dropped. That seems impossible. Multiple editor windows is a VERY basic and essential capability for any serious IDE. (Being able to split windows is NOT an adequate substitute.) Is anyone looking into this> Thanks
The windows are handled by the windowing system residing under core/windows.
Yes, functionality is not available AFAIK in new window system, which was designed according to specifications of UI experts. Please provide exact use cases in which it is useful to have multiple editor windows open. And please don't just make them up, instead describe how you work and why are multiple visible editors so essential to you, so that we get to know real reasons. Personally, I as a coder am quite satisfied with one maximized editor, jumping between source files using powerfull shortcuts like Shift+F4, Alt+arrows, Ctrl+~, Alt+Shift+O. This is not to say that your opinion is wrong, just to show that typical use cases for dirrefent users are often various. I'm passing this issue to UI group to hear your experiences and suggestions.
Let me take a shot at this. Younger eyes and brains can look at a class and capture all significant details, flip to another calling or called class, and continue writing code or debugging without a problem. Those of us with older eyes and brains cannot do that as easily. We need to see both classes at the same time. This is especially true if I am debugging somebody else's convoluted, un-intuitive code. That is the main reason I have a second monitor. Another reason I want this is so I can quickly change the calling class to add the additional parameter that I just added to the called class. With the called class staring at me I can get the calling sequence right the first time. Besides, as the original reported noted, there is no *documented* way to do this. However, I can open most any other window under the Window menu, then "redock" a source file in that window to get the same effect. It seems silly to not be able to do the same thing in a straightforward way. HTH, Travis
this indeed is not supported in 3.6 new windowing system. There were many issues made it difficult to improve the windowing system and retain this feature at the same time. Pure time and resource problem, not intentional We may come back and re-add this feature in some future release
My colleagues and I have also migrated to NB 3.6 from various flavours of sun one studio. Impressed with the improvements to say the least. HOWEVER loosing the multiple editor windows (ability to clone to a new editor as in sun one studio) is a major draw back. We all use dual monitors. The NB gui design is brilliant for single screens but it is as though no thought has been taken of multiple screens. They are so cheap these days you wouldn't go back after using more than one. It is good to be able to refer to different versions in separate window e.g different source versions, examples, xml config files (apache.commons.digester) etc. Without this we have also resorted to dragging the editor window across 2 screens but this gets in the way of other apps, browser and help pages etc. The divider can be set to the join of the two screens but then when you change the size of the editor this gets screwed up. In Netbeens this is the one and only thing that is wrong every thing else is great.
*** Issue 53828 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Is there ANY hope of this being resolved? I believe at one time someone said it was on a list of changes for 4.*? I'm still using 3.5! That's increasingly problematic, but using a single window is completely untenable. Thanks
I agree with all the users here, the removal of this feature is a huge step backwards for those of us used to richer (ie 2 screen display environments). Or when I want to make full use of the screen for editors and remove the clutter of other toolbars, file selectors etc. I get the distinct feeling that the UI focus of Netbeans is solely focused on single screen windows XP users !
it's not in the pipeline for 4.1, which is feature-freezed already.
This is still a problem in 5.0b2 It there any chance of getting this fixed Dont NB developers have dual screens? This is the sole issue that prevents we moving to the NB platform for the applications that we develop, and is a real pain for the developers using the IDE
Implemented in main trunk, views and editors now can be dragged and dropped outside of main window on second monitor.
This issue had *1 votes* before move to platform component