Re: Cloned and floated window not behaving

2023-12-06 Thread Michael Bien
On 06.12.23 21:06, Ernie Rael wrote: > N views at once make that even more interesting. There are certainly ways > to improve this but I don't think there is a single/obvious way how it should > behave - it is somewhat context dependent. I can't think of a use case where you want a non-focus

Re: Cloned and floated window not behaving

2023-12-06 Thread Ernie Rael
On 23/12/06 10:30 AM, Mitch Claborn wrote: +1 for scroll lock Using a TopComponent registry listener or maybe an editor registry listener, any non-focus editor window editing the same file as the focused/current editor could be locked. You could probably do it with a small plugin. Regardi

Re: Adjusting to monitor resolution

2023-12-06 Thread Michael Bien
you can overwrite the logic with flags, in your case the easiest solution is probably to create two shortcuts for NetBeans, one which opens an instance which is meant to work on your large screen, and one which is meant to work on your lower res screen. netbeans --fontsize 16 changes just th

Re: Adjusting to monitor resolution

2023-12-06 Thread Thomas Wolf
Others will most likely provide a more helpful answer, but just in case not, one of the potential problems is with the version of the JRE you’re running Netbeans with. I believe before Java 17, things like fonts didn’t scale well. So running with Java 17+ might help. Plus in Windows (I’m a m

Adjusting to monitor resolution

2023-12-06 Thread Greenberg, Gary
I am working with NB 18 on DELL laptop in two locations (1/2 day in each), where I am connecting laptop to external monitors. My problem is that monitors have different resolutions. * 3840X2160 * 1920X1200 When connected to a higher resolution monitor, fonts becoming small and uncomforta

Re: Cloned and floated window not behaving

2023-12-06 Thread Mitch Claborn
+1 for scroll lock Mitch On 12/6/23 10:20, Ernie Rael wrote: On 23/12/06 7:47 AM, Mitch Claborn wrote: Editing a Java class. I'm creating a new version of a method in that class and want the old version in a separate window for reference. I clone the current window then float it and scroll to

Re: Cloned and floated window not behaving

2023-12-06 Thread Michael Bien
Hi Mitch, depends. This is a hard problem to solve, since it might be the right behavior in some cases, but not in others. example: ctrl-z will move the view to the change, in some situations this is very useful and exactly what is expected from the IDE, in other cases (e.g reverting automat

Re: Cloned and floated window not behaving

2023-12-06 Thread Ernie Rael
On 23/12/06 7:47 AM, Mitch Claborn wrote: Editing a Java class. I'm creating a new version of a method in that class and want the old version in a separate window for reference. I clone the current window then float it and scroll to the old version of the method in the floated window and put th

Cloned and floated window not behaving

2023-12-06 Thread Mitch Claborn
Editing a Java class. I'm creating a new version of a method in that class and want the old version in a separate window for reference. I clone the current window then float it and scroll to the old version of the method in the floated window and put that window on a different monitor. When I