Using the Options Window

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The Options window enables you to change any of the IDE's configurable settings. The Options window offers two views for editing IDE settings.

When you open the Options window, the default view is Basic Options. To switch between views, click the Advanced Options or Basic Options buttons in the Options window.

To edit IDE settings in the Options window:

  1. Open the Options window by choosing Tools > Options from the main menu. (If you are running on Mac OS X, choose NetBeans > Preferences.)
  2. If you want to edit settings in Advanced Options, click Advanced Options in the Options window.
  3. Depending on which view you are in, select the category in the upper pane (Basic) or node in the left pane (Advanced) to display the configurable settings.
  4. Modify the settings.
  5. Close the Options window.

Editing Settings in Advanced Options

Editing property sheets
When you are editing settings in Advanced Options, you can edit the property sheet in the following ways:

In Advanced Options, changes are applied immediately.

Levels of settings
When you are in Advanced Options, you can store settings at two levels:

By default the columns for User and Default are hidden. To display the User and Default columns, click << in the column heading. To hide the columns, click >>.

The following table defines the icons used in Advanced Options to indicate the levels at which settings are applied.

Icon Description
 The settings for the corresponding options are defined at the level indicated in the column's title. Any changes made to those settings apply at that level.
 The settings for the corresponding options are inherited from a higher level.
 The settings for the corresponding options are ignored at the indicated level.

To define an option's value at the User level:

  1. Select the node for the option you want to configure.
  2. Click the cell in the User column for the options node you selected and choose Define Here.

    The  icon appears in the User column.

  3. In the property sheet, configure the desired settings.

    The new values for the selected options override the default values.

To revert to the default settings for an option:

  1. Select the node for the option you want to configure.
  2. Click the cell in the Default column for the options node you selected and Choose Revert Definition.
  3. In the the dialog box, click Yes if you are sure you want to remove the selected option's User-level configuration.

    The default values for the selected options are restored. The   icon appears in the Default column and the   icon appears in the User column.

See Also
About Configuring the IDE
IDE Startup Parameters

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