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1. Not all annotation types allow the information they provide in their tooltips to be accessed/displayed using the keyboard. For example Java "Implements" annotations show the implemented method in their tooltip; there seems no way to display this information using the keyboard. Maybe Alt+Enter could be extended to cover this. 2. Annotation context menu should be made accessible by keyboard, or the menu entries inserted into the source code context menu. For example Breakpoint -> Enabled / Customize. (While you can define shortcut keys for specific items, that's not really the same.)
#1 is reported as issue #110147. Please try not to report multiple problems in one issue. Thanks
Issue #110147 was reported by me as well. It's different from this issue here, as I've (hopefully) clarified now in my latest comment in issue #110147. Sorry for packing multiple problems into this issue here. My thought was that better keyboard support for annotations as an enhancement should probably be considered as a whole, possibly leading to different ideas than what I outlined here.
This old bug may not be relevant anymore. If you can still reproduce it in 8.2 development builds please reopen this issue. Thanks for your cooperation, NetBeans IDE 8.2 Release Boss
Still relevant in current dev build.