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Running Linux and Netbeans 6.0 M2 I often get to a point where Shift-Esc does not work any more. In order to get it restarted I have to restart Netbeans. It happens only while I am in the process of coding-testing-coding-testing using JUnit and Shift-F6 a lot. This bug might or might not be related to bug 36791 (Shift--Esc opens XWindows menu on Solaris instead of Maximize restore).
Additional information: it turns out that under some unknown conditions (to me) when I rerun a test using Shift-F6, the Shift-Esc starts working again.
What JDK are you using ? Also your window manager would be probably realted here ...
I am using Ubuntu Dapper with Gnome window manager. The JDK I use is java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.06.
I have found a condition that reverts the ability to use Shift-Esc. When --- after running a test --- shift-esc does not work, I first maximize using popup menu out of the right mouse buttonclick on the tab of the file I am editting. If I then use shift-esc, it works again. And remains working until the next test. Hope this helps.
I cannnot reproduce on my Windows - I need more information to have a chance to fix this issue. Try to watch and describe where focus goes and specify steps for reproduction exactly one after other, thanks.
Hi dsimonek, Since I stepped back to netbeans 5.5, the issue disappeared. I apologize for the inconvenience. From memory I know that the issue occurred if I had maximized the edit window with shift-esc and (after editting) did a shift-f6 without switching back using shift-esc. From this point on shift-esc wouldn't work. After I used the maximize function of shift-esc through menu options, the shift-esc worked again. Until the next shift-F6 etc.etc. When in maximized edit, doing a shift-F6 netbeans switches back to the non-maximized state. From that time on the shift-esc quits working until using the menu option with shift-esc. Is the shift-esc function depending on a remembered state? This would be the only explanation I could think of. Hope this helps. Guus.
The workaround is to invoke action from main menu Window>Maximize Window (or Window>Restore Window in case that the window is maximized).