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Steps to reproduce: * Enter in-place editing mode in design view. * Scroll with scrollbar or scroll wheel. * In-place text field remains on the original position - which is not correct. This bug is even more significant in the "add element" scenario (user adds a new element, which appears in an 'uncomfortable' location, user uses the scroll wheel, and ... it's broken).
I have partially fixed this bug by not allowing wheel scrolling when inplace text field is being shown. But, I could not find a way to disable scroll bar scrolling. I guess this is a inherent problem with using a glass pane. You will notice this in Java editor also. In the java editor, bring up the context sensitive Javadoc by pressing ctrl+enter, you will see that the javadoc pane is shown on a glass window. When this window is up, try wheel scrolling and scrollbar scrolling. In both the cases the window will be stationary and the content behind will scroll independently. Given the fact that wheel scrolling is disabled and user can easily get out of the edit mode by pressing escape/enter or by clicking some other component, this bug does not really annoy the user IMO. So, I am reducing the priority to P4 enhancement to look at it later.
IMO, Instead of disabling the scrolling, the widgets on the glass pane should scroll with the contents of the editor. I've filled the bug for Java editor: http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=86772