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| <h1>What's New in NetBeans Platform 7.2?</h1> |
| <p>An overview of changes relating to |
| <a href="https://platform.netbeans.org/">NetBeans Platform 7.2</a>, which is the |
| Swing framework that underpins applications such as NetBeans IDE.</p> |
| <p><b>Note:</b> <a href="71.html">Click here</a> for the previous |
| release of this document.</p> |
| <p>The main new features & enhancements provided in the 7.2 release |
| are as follows: |
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| <li><b>Annotations.</b> |
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| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-awt/org/openide/awt/ActionRegistration.html#lazy()">@ActionRegistration has new attribute "lazy"</a></b> </p></li> |
| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-netbeans-modules-sendopts/org/netbeans/spi/sendopts/Arg.html">@Arg</a></b> </p></li> |
| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-loaders/org/openide/loaders/DataObject.Registration.html">@DataObject.Registration</a></b> </p></li> |
| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-netbeans-spi-navigator/org/netbeans/spi/navigator/NavigatorPanel.Registration.html">@NavigatorPanel.Registration</a></b> </p></li> |
| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-util/apichanges.html#Messages.fields">@NbBundle.Messages available on fields</a></b> </p></li> |
| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-windows/org/openide/windows/OnShowing.html">@OnShowing</a></b> </p></li> |
| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/org/openide/modules/OnStart.html">@OnStart</a></b> </p></li> |
| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-modules/org/openide/modules/OnStop.html">@OnStop</a></b> </p></li> |
| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-netbeans-modules-projectui/org/netbeans/modules/project/ui/api/ProjectTemplates.html">@ProjectTemplates</a></b> </p></li> |
| <li><p><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-netbeans-api-annotations-common/org/netbeans/api/annotations/common/StaticResource.html">@StaticResource</a></b> </p></li> |
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| <li><b>Window System</b> |
| <p>New features and enhancements in the NetBeans window system:</p> |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Custom Implementations of Tab Control.</b> The new TabbedComponentFactory class |
| allows custom implementations of tab control to be used in the window system. (<a href="https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/youtube_how_to_rewrite_the">More details...</a>)</li> |
| <li><b>Multirow Editor & Editor Placement.</b> It is possible to have multiple |
| rows of editor tabs and to change the tab placement (top/bottom/left/right). |
| See menu Tools - Options - Miscellaneous - Windows. (<a href="https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/upcoming_netbeans_feature_multi_row">More details...</a>)</li> |
| <li><b>Window Switcher.</b> The popup window that |
| shows when pressing Ctrl+TAB keys now includes non-document windows |
| (Projects, Navigator etc) and also inner tabs in document windows |
| (Source/Design/History). (<a href="https://blogs.oracle.com/geertjan/entry/ctrl_tab_in_netbeans_ide">More details...</a>)</li> |
| <li><b>Animated Notifications.</b> A window header can have (animated) |
| notification that it is currently busy, e.g. it's content |
| is being loaded. (<a href="http://www.pellissier.co.za/hermien/?p=279">More details...</a>)</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><b>UI Utilities API</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li><b><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-awt/org/openide/awt/Actions.html#forID(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)">Actions.forID</a>.</b> Given a @ActionID(category=Constants.CATEGORY, id=Constants.ID), it |
| is often useful to load that Action for some sort of programmatic presentation.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </li> |
| <li><b>Explorer & Property Sheet API</b> |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>Quick Search.</b> You can quickly navigate |
| to the desired element in an OutlineView via Quick Search |
| navigation. Start typing the name of the element you're |
| looking for and the view navigates to the nearest cell matching |
| that name. </p> |
| <p>The following methods are introduced to |
| control the quick search functionality on OutlineView:</p> |
| <p><ul> |
| <li><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-explorer/org/openide/explorer/view/OutlineView.html#isQuickSearchAllowed()">OutlineView.isQuickSearchAllowed()</a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-explorer/org/openide/explorer/view/OutlineView.html#setQuickSearchAllowed()">OutlineView.setQuickSearchAllowed()</a></li> |
| <li><a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-explorer/org/openide/explorer/view/OutlineView.html#setQuickSearchTableFilter()">OutlineView.setQuickSearchTableFilter()</a></li> |
| </ul></p> |
| <p>The <a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-explorer/org/openide/explorer/view/QuickSearchTableFilter.html">QuickSearchTableFilter</a> interface is introduced to provide |
| custom table cell data for quick search. The |
| user can customize the search process via |
| a pop-up menu on the search icon. Case matching can be |
| turned on or off and desired columns that are to be subject |
| of the search can be selected.</p> |
| <p>The <a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-openide-awt/org/openide/awt/QuickSearch.html">QuickSearch</a> class is added to attach a quick |
| search functionality to an arbitrary component.</p> |
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| <p>For a list of all the changes, see <a href="http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/apichanges.html">http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/apichanges.html</a></p> |
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