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Bug 68168

Summary:	build.xml no longer has fold out list of tasks
Product:	projects	Reporter:	kitfox <kitfox>
Component:	Ant	Assignee:	Jesse Glick <jglick>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	5.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	Screenshot of Ant menu Ant 4.1 menu screenshot

Description kitfox 2005-11-06 00:36:13 UTC

I've recently upgraded to NB 5.0 beta.  I've noticed that instead of the
build.xml file in the Files window having the fold out menu of all ant tasks as
it did in NetBeans4.1, one has to now right click and run through two or more
drop down menus to select a task to execute.  Given that one of my most
frequently used tasks is to Jar, and this is located at the bottom of a third
menu, it is now much less convenient to run various ant tasks in my freeform
project.

Could the drop down menu be restored?

Comment 1 Milan Kubec 2005-11-07 16:02:47 UTC

Please could you provide screenshot? I've just tried 4.1 and ant script has
exactly the same menu there. Thanks.

Comment 2 kitfox 2005-11-10 11:11:54 UTC

Created attachment 26815 [details]
Screenshot of Ant menu

Comment 3 kitfox 2005-11-10 11:14:42 UTC

This is a screenshot from NB 5.0.  Note the many layers of windows I need to get
through to get to some of my ant tasks.  There is also no expandable node box to
the left of the build.xml script in the file explorer.

I'll append a screenshot from 4.1 below to show what I mean.

Comment 4 kitfox 2005-11-10 14:39:14 UTC

Created attachment 26828 [details]
Ant 4.1 menu screenshot

Comment 5 Peter Pis 2005-11-14 16:24:44 UTC

Reassigning to "ant" for evaluation.

Comment 6 Jesse Glick 2005-11-15 00:44:55 UTC

The beta's old already...

Note that you do not need to use the Ant script to run targets from a freeform
project - you can add them directly to the context menu of the project node in
the Projects tab.

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 63634 ***