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<h1>Issues = Bugs, Feature Requests, and Enhancements</h1>
<h2>File an Issue</h2>

<p>To file an issue (bug or feature request) in the netbeans.org bugtracking system (Bugzilla):

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  <p><A HREF="https://netbeans.org/people/new">Join netbeans.org</A>, and log in;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>(<a 
href="http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/FaqWhyRegisterToSubmitBug">Why do I need to Join?</a>)</em></p>
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  <li><p><A HREF="../kb/index.html">Check the Docs &amp; Support Resources</A> 
  to see if your question is answered in the usersguide or FAQs;</p>
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  <li><p>Check to see if your issue has already been reported:
    <form method="get" action="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi">
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	  &nbsp;&quot;Search the "summary" fields of open bugs:
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	 <td style="padding-left:8px;">
	  <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="short_desc" SIZE="25">
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	  <INPUT TYPE="image" BORDER="0" VALIGN="middle" SRC="../images_www/v4/btn_search.gif" width="59" height="13" alt="Issue Search">
	  <INPUT TYPE="hidden" MULTIPLE NAME="bug_status" VALUE="NEW">
          <INPUT TYPE="hidden" MULTIPLE NAME="bug_status" VALUE="STARTED">
          <INPUT TYPE="hidden" MULTIPLE NAME="bug_status" VALUE="REOPENED">
          <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="short_desc_type" VALUE="allwordssubstr">
	  <input type="hidden" name="query_format" value="advanced">
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<form method="get" action="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi">
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	  &nbsp;&quot;Search the "description" fields of open bugs:
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	  <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="quicksearch" SIZE="25">
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	  <INPUT TYPE="image" BORDER="0" VALIGN="middle" SRC="../images_www/v4/btn_search.gif" width="59" height="13" alt="Issue Search">
	  
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	 <td> &nbsp;</td>
	 <td style="text-align:right;"> <span class="articledate">(<A HREF="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/query.cgi?format=advanced">Advanced Search</A>)</span></td>
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  <li><div class='b-all bg-sky innerpadding'><a href="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi">Enter a New Issue</a>
  for the NetBeans IDE or NetBeans Platform &nbsp;&nbsp;<em>(Cookies must be enabled)</em></div></li>
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<h2>Help - This Looks Complicated!</h2>
<p>If you're new to Bugzilla, take a moment to browse these introductory docs.</p>
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<UL>
<LI><A HREF="http://wiki.netbeans.org/IssueReportingGuidelines">A Step by Step Guide</A> to filing a useful bug report for the NetBeans Community 
<LI><A HREF="https://netbeans.org/projects/help/pages/IssueTracking">About NetBeans.org Issue Tracking</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/docs/en/html/index.html">The Bugzilla Guide</A>
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<P><h2>Other Issue Features</h2>

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<li><B>Jump to Issue #:</B> 
    <FORM ACTION="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi" METHOD="GET">
    <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="id" SIZE="7">&nbsp;&nbsp;<INPUT TYPE="image" BORDER="0" VALIGN="middle" SRC="../images_www/v4/btn_go.gif" width="34" height="15"  ALT="Jump to Issue">
    <BR>If you know the number of the issue you are looking for, use the form
    above to jump directly to it.
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<LI><B>For website, source code repository, or mailing list problems</B> 
    file an issue against the
    <A HREF="https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=www">www</A> project.
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<h2>About the Issue Tracking System</h2>
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The NetBeans open source project is using <A HREF="http://www.bugzilla.org/">Bugzilla</A>,
to track bugs and enhancement requests.  Bugzilla is an open source bug
tracking system developed and used by <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla</A>.
You can use Bugzilla to browse existing bugs, enter new bugs, or
modify the details of an existing bug.
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