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dev build 200811110201 It is possible to change the form design size by double-clicking on its border, but this isn't obvious (at least it wasn't to me). Instead, I tried using Properties -> Code -> Designer Size -> [...] This brought up a custom editor but editing its values had no effect. I am expecting to be able to change the designer size using the properties editor as well as double-clicking on the border. I see no reason for only one of these methods to work.
I agree, this is strange bahavior. User should be able to change this value using Properties panel too. Thank you for your report.
Fixed - I have made the Designer Size property editable. Modified files: http://hg.netbeans.org/cdev/rev/367fb2b1cba5
This change has one unpleasant effect. As the designer size was an non-editable synthetic property on the top form component, it was persisted differently - as an "aux value" (non-editable synth. properties are not saved). By making it editable it is now being saved as "synthetic" property for every form. It does not harm anything, but it's redundant and causing diffs to otherwise unchanged .form files. Hopefully this hack fixed that: http://hg.netbeans.org/cdev/rev/2acd2d3ffaf0
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *200910281401* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress) Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-golden/rev/2acd2d3ffaf0 User: Tomas Pavek <tpavek@netbeans.org> Log: #153085: don't save designer size property
*** Bug 128462 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***