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Using 4.0beta 2 Launch Tools - Palette Manager I'm surprised that this dialog is not as context sensitive as other dialogs, such as the Library Manager or Java Platform Manager. I'd expect that selecting a palette, e.g. Swing, and then clicking on Add Library.. would at least keep the context that I want to add to the Swing palette, instead of having to ask me again at the end of the wizard. "choose the palette category where to add the components" Also, it will be good to offer the palette manager dialog from a context menu of the Palette window itself.
I agree with this. It should be doable relatively simply.
The tree with the palette categorie is created by core/palette module, but the Add Library ... action is provided by form module. I doubt there is an API that allows the form module (or other clients of core/palette) to determine selected category in the tree. Reassigning to core/palette for evaluation.
the latest netbeans builds (4.2/5.0) have 'palette customizer' in palette's context menu. preselecting a category in the customizer should be simple enough indeed. (increasing priority to P3 so that it doesn't get lost at the bottom of my list:)
Ad 2. it's implemented ...