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Me and my coworkers find that we want to change where a particular NB platform points to but the UI doesn't allow editing of that field (Tools->NetBeansPlatforms->PlatfromFolder). One has to exit the ide, hand-edit <userdir>/build.properties, and restart the IDE. This usecase arises in the SunStudio group ... We have a constant label, for example, "NetBeans for SunStudio" that is embedded in our suites. It usually points to a reference NB location used by our builds. But we sometimes want it to point to one or more private copies on an NB platform so we can check against newer platforms, or own builds of NB or debuggable NB's. Creating new labels for each of these platform variations is impractical because one has to then go an change their uses in each suite/project and then of course one has to remember to change them back to "NetBeans for SunStudio". If you forget you mess up your teammates. In fact I'll go a bit further and request that a persistent history (accessible via a combo-box) be kept for each label so it's trivial to switch between group build reference platforms, individual copies or debuggable builds etc.
(In reply to comment #0) > we want to change where a particular NB > platform points to but the UI doesn't allow editing of that field No, but you can delete the platform, then readd a platform of the same name but different location. > One has to exit the ide, hand-edit <userdir>/build.properties, and > restart the IDE. The exit & restart might be needed for the IDE's view to refresh (a minor bug in apisupport), but it is not needed for running an Ant build. > request that a persistent history > (accessible via a combo-box) be kept for each label Could just keep a list of commented-out values in build.properties.
Closing as WONTFIX, b/c it is not action which is done often by developer. Please use workaround with editing build.properties file. Thank you.