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Right now the NewTypes mechanism has a static set of new things that can be added underneath an element (from an ElementNode's context menu): element, CDATA block, comment, etc. If there is a DTD available, the editor should instead look up which items are valid beneath the element. Also, just having an "element" selection there is too broad, and allows the user to easily create elements not allowed by the DTD. Instead of having 'TreeElement.class' in the NewTypes list, it should be some construct which allows you to say what _kind_ of element it is.
Let these are considered while planning next release.
Target milestone was changed from not determined to TBD
ARCHing as issue may influence internal architecture.
Checked into trunk on Nov. 28, 2002 NewTypes mechanism now uses the Grammar mechanism that's also used in the xml text editor for syntax completion.
This functionality is targeted to be a part of NetBeans 3.5 standard release. At this moment it is necessary to stabilize it fully, pass I18N checks, pass A11Y checks, pass UI checks and properly document it.