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Chapter 3: Developing Java Applications
Window Tab property is set to True, each individual application uses only a single output
tab – that is, successive executions do not create new tabs. If the Clear Output Window
Tab property is set to True, the tab is cleared before reuse. Clear Output Window Tab
is useful only if Reuse Output Window Tab is set to True.
Contextual menus which provide window management options are available on the tabs –see
“Window management”on page 187. You can also right-click in the body of the pane for the
options Copy to Clipboard and Clear Output.
An application's output tab also provides a right-click contextual menu, with the options
Terminate Process and Close Output Window Tab.
Internal web browser
Forte for Java, Community Edition includes the ICE Browser from ICEsoft, a built-in
full-featured web browser that is useful in both testing and providing easy access to online
help sources. It enables standard browsing capabilities from within the IDE and is useful in
reaching online help sources.
To open the web browser, do one of the following:
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Choose Web Browser under the View menu on the Main Window.
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Press ALT+7, the default shortcut.
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Select a bookmark from Help | Bookmarks in the main menu.
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Open an HTML file or bookmark in the Explorer.
Once the browser is open, it operates like any simple browser. To load a different page, type
the URL in the Location. The forward and back arrows cycle through previously-seen pages,
the Stop icon stops the loading process, and the Home setting is set (by default) to the
NetBeans web site, http://www.netbeans.com/. Clicking the History icon gives you a list of all
URLs you have loaded in the session and enables you to double-click on any of them to bring
that web page back. You can search for text strings in the web browser by choosing Edit | Find
from the main menu or by using the CTRL+f keyboard shortcut.
To open an additional web browser window:
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Choose Window | Clone View from the main menu to open a new browser window.
Another web browser window will open with the same web page. Type a new URL in the
Location to load a different web page.
Note: You cannot open multiple web browser windows by other means. Choosing Web
Browser or
pressing ALT+7 causes the current window to revert to the default home page.
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