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Bug 156477

Summary: JTextArea is better for VM options-like configurations
Product: java Reporter: johnsonlau <johnsonlau>
Component: ProjectAssignee: Tomas Zezula <tzezula>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: blocker    
Priority: P3    
Version: 6.x   
Hardware: All   
OS: Windows Vista   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Exception Reporter:
Attachments: VM arguments setting in Eclipse - I can easily find out errors in my input
VM arguments setting in NB-dev - I can not find out errors in my input unless I copy it to Notepad

Description johnsonlau 2009-01-08 14:08:51 UTC 
NetBeans uses a single line JTextField for values like VM options.
But it is difficult to take a glance over your input and locate something you want to edit
when your input is more than 1 line.

I think JTextArea should be the default style if the input might be considered as multi-line.
JTextField should be ONLY accepted when simple input in a single-line.

I raised an issue about Maven plugin's VM options,
but it seems to be a common issue all over.
Comment 1 johnsonlau 2009-01-08 14:10:40 UTC 
Created attachment 75586 [details]
VM arguments setting in Eclipse - I can easily find out errors in my input
Comment 2 johnsonlau 2009-01-08 14:11:56 UTC 
Created attachment 75587 [details]
VM arguments setting in NB-dev - I can not find out errors in my input unless I copy it to Notepad
Comment 3 Jaromir Uhrik 2009-01-12 09:42:00 UTC 
Passing to java|project - please evaluate. Thanks.