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[ BUILD # : 200509261930 ] [ JDK VERSION : 1.4.2_xx ] Open a project. Expand Source Packages. Select a source package. Right click on the source package and select Find. Enter text in the 'Search for Text Containing' box. Go to the Type tab and select 'Java Source Objects'. After the search completes, go back to the dialog using the same path. If you click on the 'Search for Text Containing' drop-down, you won't find your previous search text.
Confirmed, accepted. Tested on build 20051019, JDK 1.5.0_05, Linux @ x86.
The Find dialogue has been redesigned and the Find dialogue does not contain the tabs any more - see issue #35255 ("Redesign UI for entering search criteria") for more information. During the redesign, the source code for the Find dialogue was almost completely rewritten and this bug is fixed. The first NetBeans milestone with redesigned Find dialogue is Milestone 10.