I would like to know how to customize the startup window panels/ui in Netbeans 13 so it effectively persists across IDE reboots.
On the left sidebar panel, it opens with Projects, Files, and Services, and Navigator on the lower half of this when the IDE is opened.
On the bottom panel, I have Notifications that always opens, even when there are none to review.
The panels that I configure do not persist across IDE startups, and always revert to these defaults. Typically the panels that I use are the following:
In the left sidebar, Projects and Services
and in the bottom taskbar, Terminal
But these do not persist when the IDE is closed and reopened, instead always reverting to the aforementioned defaults.
Originally my files that were open also did not persist across IDE startups after updating to v13, but this was corrected by running Window > Reset Windows and restarting the IDE, they now restore on startup as expected. This had no effect on the sidebar panels or terminal however.
(thank you @skomisa for reminding me to do this)
Some context on my system environment:
I have updated on this system since Netbeans version 12.4, performing the standard import process for settings on each subsequent upgrade.
I was unable to find documentation online for the current version. Most relevant documentation available applied to version 7.2 or 8.1
I am on Manjaro Linux. My preferences folder is located at
/home/mopsyd/.netbeans/13/, with a folder permission of755. Files inside of this appear to follow the correct file permission format at cursory glance.
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>Log Session: Monday, April 25, 2022 1:02:22 AM EDT
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Product Version = Apache NetBeans IDE 13
Operating System = Linux version 5.4.188-1-MANJARO running on amd64
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.8.0_332; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 25.332-b04; Oracle Corporation
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