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I've noticed that when I restart netbeans, and then click a tab that has not yet been shown, the first time it is shown, it paints once scrolled to the top - then the scrollbar moves, and it repaints. If at all possible, the setting of the caret position should happen before the component paints for the first time - it would appear more responsive. Also, if I can notice this on a 2ghz machine, it's definitely more painful on a slower one.
This is very similar to the issue #26917. There the problem appears after file opening.
Added performance keyword - this definitely affects responsiveness (and I am on a personal mission to eliminate every useless repaint I can find or at least file them if I can't fix them myself).
It does not happen anymore in latest build - WORKSFORME