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Properties panel don't remember last scroll position and category. When i switch to another component must again (and again) find correct section. I often need modify any properties in more components (set tolltip text, for example) This was discussed in mailing list: http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=nbusers&by=thread&from=223668
openide/property sheet is responsible for this => reassigning.
This is actually not a bug. I think that this behaviour is accroding to the specification. PropertySheet remembers its scroll and position per node (e.g. JButton, JLabel in your case). So if not otherwise this is probably WONTFIX. But I agree with you that sometime it is annoying. But in other cases this behaviour may be desirable. Probably we should make this behaviour customizable.
> I agree with you that sometime it is annoying. > But in other cases this behaviour may be desirable. > Probably we should make this behaviour customizable. Thanks you, this will be great, because I don't understand how existing behavior can satisfy for somebody. I think, when NB can remember this for all node, don't be complicated remember only one position for all. I know, that not all component has the same properties, but this is triviality.
May be we could remembere position per Class type?
This is much better for me, but for me suffice when it remember only one position for all. What about add to Properties panel on the right corner small icon with lock or with pin, which blocks changes of category or scroll panel .
I see. I would like your solution as well. But the original solution had to have some reason. And another problem is that there are not anybody from HIE controlling property sheet behaviour and I don't feel like a person who should decide what is the right behaviour in all cases. I will speak about this with the core manager probably. Is is not just this issue (this one is presuabmly minor) when such a decision is needed. Maybe that just sending info about a change to some mailing list will be enough. But definitelly out of topic for this issue :)
I see, that dev build of Netbeans 5.5 now rememer scroll position, but not category.
seems to me that property panel already remembers scroll position and category as well in latest builds (nb 60 beta 2)