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If clicking on unselected panels that are open, they should stay open. Subsequent clicking should close them.
Fixed: http://serverplugins.netbeans.org/source/browse/serverplugins/sun/sunddui/src/org/netbeans/modules/j2ee/sun/ddloaders/multiview/BaseSectionNode.java?r1=1.9&r2=1.10