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[ BUILD # : 200408121535 ] [ JDK VERSION : J2SE 1.5.0 ] I want to create a new dialog. Select package -> right mouse click -> New ==> No entry to create a new jdialog ==> The template exists ==> If I choose File/Folder I get the jdialog as option. ==> But how can I now create a new folder/package in Netbeans? I found an entry under others? That's not userfriendly.
Hi meliandra, > Select package -> right mouse click -> New > ==> No entry to create a new jdialog yes, we can't show all templates in one line popup menu , we have more than 30 templates ;) > ==> If I choose File/Folder I get the jdialog as option. > ==> But how can I now create a new folder/package in Netbeans? I found an entry under others? I'm sorry but I don't uderstand , what are you asking for ... If you open New File wizard and select one of the listed categories (for example "Java GUI Forms"), and select "package" or "JDialog Form" in File Types , push Next , type name of the file/package, push Finish button -> your new file/package will be created .
Hi Marian, in Netbeans 3.6 I've got the entry templates. So I was searching the same in Netbeans 4.0. It's not intuitive to find it now under files/folder. So I was writing it have a wrong label. (I'm not complaining that you can't see the JDialog in the list.) Creating a new folder is something that is not seldom. So I found it long winded to go to through all templates ... Because you don't create a special class. It's just a folder. In Netbeans 3.6 you have also a separate entry to create a folder. It's not obvious to create a folder from the templates. You have to search to find this possibility.
Implemented in the way rewuired in the spec. Please notice that once you find and use the templatre once it will appear in the poup menu. As it shows LRU list of templates. Anyway, rather an enhancement for Jano to think about.
Probably WONTFIX. You should have Package in the list of privileged templates. You can create a package from there. You don't even need to, since you can immediately create a file in any package you like; just type in the package name.
I have asked a Netbeans 3.6 user to create a new JDialog in 4.0. He was not able to do this. Do you want to loose your 3.6 users?
Any particular person may be stumped by any part of a GUI when first coming across it and it can't be helped. It's a problem if many or most people can't use something but I don't see evidence of that here. I'm still not sure what exactly this bug is about. Wrong label for what? Recommend this be closed as WONTFIX unless reporter can better explain what the problem is and perhaps how it should be changed.
My suggestion was to change the label from Files/Folder to Templates. Then a 3.6 user knows what to do and for new users there's now difference.
Hmm... probably WONTFIX; I think the current labelling is likely to be clearer for a new user. For a 3.6 user, this sort of thing could go into the transition guide for 4.0; I consider it of lesser importance.
I think the issue is outdated at the moment - usability of the popup menu was improved to contain the most frequent elements and it seems to serve its purpose. Closing as WONTFIX.