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Posted to users@netbeans.apache.org by Bilu <al...@gmail.com> on 2020/07/03 08:02:55 UTC

Gui Builder *form files not displayed in Explorers

Any clue here or i am just missing something obvious?

Le 25/06/2020 à 19:01, Bilu a écrit :
>
> Hello,
>
> Is there a reason why *form files are not displayed in NB Explorers? I
> can understand those are not in the Project Tab as those are editable
> with the GUI Builder but users should be able to work with them in the
> Files or Favorites explorers.
>
> In my case, for example i got some broken bundle references in them
> after a refactor and need to fix them manually and was forced to use
> another editor to Search and replace inside *form.
>
>
>
>

Re: Gui Builder *form files not displayed in Explorers

Posted by Bilu <al...@gmail.com>.
Thank you for clarifying that.

Le 03/07/2020 à 10:20, Geertjan Wielenga a écrit :
> No, better to not expose the Form files. They’ll get out of sync with
> the Java source files if they were to be editable in the NetBeans editor.
>
> Gj
>
> On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 10:03, Bilu <albilu4@gmail.com
> <ma...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Any clue here or i am just missing something obvious?
>
>     Le 25/06/2020 à 19:01, Bilu a écrit :
>>
>>     Hello,
>>
>>     Is there a reason why *form files are not displayed in NB
>>     Explorers? I can understand those are not in the Project Tab as
>>     those are editable with the GUI Builder but users should be able
>>     to work with them in the Files or Favorites explorers.
>>
>>     In my case, for example i got some broken bundle references in
>>     them after a refactor and need to fix them manually and was
>>     forced to use another editor to Search and replace inside *form.
>>
>>
>>
>>

Re: Gui Builder *form files not displayed in Explorers

Posted by Geertjan Wielenga <ge...@apache.org>.
No, better to not expose the Form files. They’ll get out of sync with the
Java source files if they were to be editable in the NetBeans editor.

Gj

On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 10:03, Bilu <al...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Any clue here or i am just missing something obvious?
> Le 25/06/2020 à 19:01, Bilu a écrit :
>
> Hello,
>
> Is there a reason why *form files are not displayed in NB Explorers? I can
> understand those are not in the Project Tab as those are editable with the
> GUI Builder but users should be able to work with them in the Files or
> Favorites explorers.
>
> In my case, for example i got some broken bundle references in them after
> a refactor and need to fix them manually and was forced to use another
> editor to Search and replace inside *form.
>
>
>
>
>