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Original status: 1-Dispatched; Suggested Status: NEW Original submitter: lfitzgerald Description: Topic "Suggestions for next release of Components" was updated by dan.curry with the following message: 1.) This may be more of an IDE usability issue than component isssue, but here goes. Have the ability to change the type of component withing the outline/design mode. For example, in the present IDE if you have a large table and wish to go from a text->dropdown, you must place the object, then remove the other and then redo the links to message list, labels, etc (this takes a while in terms of internal recoding, redraws, etc.). It would be nice to somehow have items treated as a generic object that is typed and can be changed within the IDE. To view the topic, visit: http://forum.sun.com/jive/thread.jspa?forumID=123&threadID=60262.