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If a library class, say, javax.swing.JButton, is being selected from the Projects view, its properties, as displayed by the Properties view: 1. are few (Modifiers, Name, Extends, Implements); 2. have their values read-only (sure, this is a library class!). If one opens the same library class in a source code editor and selects "JButton" there, the Properties view will display a list of properties which are suitable for a user's class (which can undergo refactoring, etc.) -- this list allows the following class attributes being edited: 1. modifiers; 2. superclass; 3. superinterfaces; 4. javadoc comment. This is not a harmful yet very annoying behaviour. The same issue can be observed if a library class name is selected anywhere in the non-read-only source code (say, one may have a user class which "extends JButton" or just a code which imports javax.swing.JButton, etc.)
This issue is not valid in 6.0. Class properties removed.
Reorganization of java component