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20050617 Friday June 17, 2005

Quickly Close Multiple NetBeans IDE Projects

I recently -- a mere two weeks ago -- discovered that the IDE lets you perform actions on multiple projects selected in the Projects window. Just use the Shift and Ctrl key together with your mouse and you too will see what I saw:

Not bad, huh. The IDE even adds up the number of projects that I've selected, as if it's boasting: "You want me to close 7 projects? You think I can't handle that? Ha. Wait and see."

And, if you liked this tip, maybe you'll also like these earlier ones:

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Jun 17 2005, 08:04:15 AM PDT Permalink

Trackback URL: http://blogs.sun.com/geertjan/entry/quickly_close_multiple_netbeans_ide
Comments:

Geertjan, maybe you should also mention that all subtrees need to be closed. Otherwise the multiple node action doesn't work. Try it :-)

Posted by Roman Strobl on June 19, 2005 at 06:53 AM PDT #

OK, I tried it:

<img src="http://blogs.sun.com/roller/resources/geertjan/expanded-projects.jpg">

Posted by Geertjan on June 20, 2005 at 01:45 AM PDT #

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