how to edit grayed out area of GUI in NetBeans?

[ValValVal]

Please sorry for my dumb question but I cannot find information on how I can change settings so that in NetBeans 6.1 I can edit blue guarded areas.

I read in FAQ NetBeans Wiki: FaqFormEditingG uardedBlocks that I had to change something in Properties->Code ,but I really can't figure out what this should be.

Thanks in advance.

[Dököll]

Hey there!

No dumb questions here:-) But I am not at leisure to help you right now, I will grab my notebook, it has NetBeans installed, then I'll have a look. The text included in your link seems quite fetching though... what happens when you try what is said?

In a bit!

[myusernotyours]

Please sorry for my dumb question but I cannot find information on how I can change settings so that in NetBeans 6.1 I can edit blue guarded areas.

I read in FAQ NetBeans Wiki: FaqFormEditingG uardedBlocks that I had to change something in Properties->Code ,but I really can't figure out what this should be.

Thanks in advance.

The link you gave says in part...

However, please note that you can easily write your code out of the guarded block, typically into the constructor after the initComponents( ) method call, as additional setup code that should be performed. This option is often forgotten, but it is the most eficient and easiset way to add custom code, working in most situation (e.g. except custom instantiation code).

Have you tried that? I find it works for me all the time.
Just put whatever you want to do after initComponents( ) then if you need to change something there, it's always a breeze.
Or you have a special reason why you want to change the generated code directly??

Regards,

Alex.

[ValValVal]

no special needs

Hi!
I have no special needs to edit it, but still want to know to get more knoledge about the system ,and sometimes NetBeans generates bad code. In these cases I must help him out.

[myusernotyours]

Hi!
I have no special needs to edit it, but still want to know to get more knoledge about the system ,and sometimes NetBeans generates bad code. In these cases I must help him out.

Then do as it says on your link. Right click the component go to properties then code tab.

Here you can put your custom initialization code.
And what do you mean NetBeans generates bad code?
Is it that you can initialize components better?

Regards,

Alex.

[myusernotyours]

Hi!
I have no special needs to edit it, but still want to know to get more knoledge about the system ,and sometimes NetBeans generates bad code. In these cases I must help him out.

Then do as it says on your link. Right click the component go to properties then code tab.

Here you can put your custom initialization code.
And what do you mean NetBeans generates bad code?
Is it that you can initialize components better?
NetBeans just uses the properties you assign to components during design to init the components.

Regards,

Alex.

[ValValVal]

I just want to try edit it

So actually I cannot "edit" the code that I have now? Pity if so.
I asked the question mainly because someone asked me about this grey code in NetBeans.

And yes,sometimes NetBeans (I noticed it ) has code that I want to remove. E.g. when I delete a component it crashes the project because there is grey code referring to it which I would like to remove manually.
Thanks ,Val.

[r035198x]

If you delete a component that you added using Netbeans tools then Net beans should remove all grey code pointing to it.

P.S I use eclipse.

[ValValVal]

It seems that it is not the case

Well it seems sometimes that NetBeans editor is not without flaws.
Val.

[myusernotyours]

Netbeans does remove generated code if a component is deleted.
I never encountered a situation when it din't.

Anyone else who encountered Val's problem?

Regards,

Alex.

[ValValVal]

Besides, after adding event listener it seems impossible to undo it.
The code connecting event with the form is non-editable. If I delete the code of the listener it won't compile anymore.

Val.

[r035198x]

...
The code connecting event with the form is non-editable...

I doubt that. There should be a TODO in that action method allowing you to put your own event handling code.
Perhaps you should be going through the Netbeans tutorial or Sun's introduction to Swing using Netbeans tutorial. That way there is no need for anyone to guess anything.

[myusernotyours]

I doubt that. There should be a TODO in that action method allowing you to put your own event handling code.
Perhaps you should be going through the Netbeans tutorial or Sun's introduction to Swing using Netbeans tutorial. That way there is no need for anyone to guess anything.

I don't doubt it, I Refute it. There is a way to remove the code inside the event listener, but aside from any event handling code put there by the programmer, the generated method stub can't be deleted just by hitting the delete button.

@Val: do as r0 advices. Go through the netbeans tutorial.

Regards,

Alex.

[ValValVal]

I didnt say that you can't add your event listening code. It is surely possible.
I said that CONNECTING (initializing) code is grayed out and you cannot edit it.And the code of a listener that is not in TODO section cannot be edited as well. So when I add event listener for e.g. mouse click NetBeans adds code to treat it. I can add code in todo section but cannot edit initializing code and code of a method that is not TODO (it's grayed out).

[mcsean2163]

ValValVal

ValValVal,

Did you ever find a solution. I'm having the same issue. I can't edit the source code. sure I can insert code or edit comments but say for eg the line:

stringItem = new StringItem("Hel lo", "Hello, World!");

I can't edit the text or anthing. If this is the case netbeans is pure rubbish!