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* Take latest release55 build. * Open netbeans form editor * Click on (just) the palette window (Do not click any palette items, just the window) * press F1 for context sensitive help and the following NPE occurs. This used to work before (though it used to show generic help) untill the fix for 84661 went in. I am opening this as P1 because this is an Exception that is shown to the user. Evaluate and downgrade if needed. This bug will also affect 80770. java.lang.NullPointerException at org.netbeans.modules.palette.ui.PalettePanel.getHelpCtx(PalettePanel.java:393) at org.netbeans.spi.palette.PaletteTopComponent.getHelpCtx(PaletteTopComponent.java:129) at org.openide.util.HelpCtx.findHelp(HelpCtx.java:172) at org.netbeans.modules.javahelp.HelpAction.findHelpCtx(HelpAction.java:102) at org.netbeans.modules.javahelp.HelpAction.actionPerformed(HelpAction.java:144) at org.openide.windows.TopComponent.processKeyBinding(TopComponent.java:880) at javax.swing.JComponent.processKeyBindings(JComponent.java:2809) at javax.swing.JComponent.processKeyEvent(JComponent.java:2726) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5265) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1966) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3955) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2024) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803) at java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager.redispatchEvent(KeyboardFocusManager.java:1810) at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchKeyEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:672) at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.preDispatchKeyEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:920) at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.typeAheadAssertions(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:798) at java.awt.DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.dispatchEvent(DefaultKeyboardFocusManager.java:636) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3841) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2024) at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1774) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3803) [catch] at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:463) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:242) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:163) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149) at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110)
fixed in release55_dev Checking in PalettePanel.java; /cvs/core/palette/src/org/netbeans/modules/palette/ui/PalettePanel.java,v <-- PalettePanel.java new revision: 1.10.4.1.2.2.6.2; previous revision: 1.10.4.1.2.2.6.1 done and in release55 branch Checking in PalettePanel.java; /cvs/core/palette/src/org/netbeans/modules/palette/ui/PalettePanel.java,v <-- PalettePanel.java new revision: 1.10.4.1.2.4; previous revision: 1.10.4.1.2.3 done
*** Issue 86622 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***