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Created attachment 147167 [details] Shows the window, where the RFE should take place * Open a maven project * Select its project node -> in the navigator the mvn goals are shown * Open the context menu of a goal EXPECTED: new action "Help on this goal" in the context menu of a maven goal. This action invokes "mvn help:describe -Dcmd=group:artifactid:version -Ddetail" for the current goal. The output is shown in a separate popup window or in the output window or in the editor See screenshot. Product Version: NetBeans IDE 8.0 (Build 201403101706) Updates: NetBeans IDE is updated to version , NetBeans 8.0 Patch 1 Java: 1.8.0_05; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.5-b02 Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.8.0_05-b13 System: Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64; Cp1252; en_US (nb) User directory: C:\Users\markiewb\AppData\Roaming\NetBeans\8.0 Cache directory: C:\Users\markiewb\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\8.0
Created attachment 151962 [details] Proposed patch Please review the patch. The patch introduces the requested action "Show documentation" to the context menu of a goal in the pom-navigator. See the screenshot.
Created attachment 151963 [details] Shows patch in action
fixed in jet-main #217d6cdc2484
and thanks for the suggested patch ...
Integrated into 'main-silver', will be available in build *201502150001* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-silver/rev/217d6cdc2484 User: Tomas Stupka <tstupka@netbeans.org> Log: Issue #244363 - Patch for: Add help:describe action to context menu of goal in pom-navigator