Re: Removing menus and menu items?

Alexis De la Hoz <[email protected]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:27:39 -0500
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Hello there, like Jame said, probably you can want to try first to customize
it using the windows and disabling what you don't want to show, if that's
not enough, I think due to Netbeans Platform, that you can tweak pretty much
anything you want on the IDE, hope this helps:
http://doc.ctrlaltdel.ch/prog/netbeans/Users_Guide/usergd-custom-div-2.html

Alexis

2009/6/22 Ronholm, James <[email protected]>

> Generally, for the tabs/windows (such as Services) you can just click on
> the little [x]. To re-open the window later use the windows menu. Drag to
> position. You can also collapse them to the side.
>
> Many menus (like Profile) are plugin related. Deactivate the plugin for
> profiling and the menu disappears (unless other plugins use that menu also).
> I'm not positive you can remove all Java items (or not).
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gries [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Mon 6/22/2009 12:18 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [nbedu] Removing menus and menu items?
>
> Greetings,
>
> I teach CS1 at the University of Toronto.  We teach using Python and
> we're considering switching to NetBeans.  Like many others, we're
> concerned about the complexity of the UI that the students see.
>
> Overall the UI is nice and clean, but we'd like to hide the following:
>
> The Services and Files TopComponents
> Menus: Profile, Team
> Menu items: anything Java-related
>
> Is there a straightforward way to do this?
>
> Thanks very much,
> --
> Paul Gries       |  [email protected]
> Senior Lecturer  |  DCS, Univ. of Toronto
>
>
>
>
>

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<div>Alexis<br><br></div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/6/22 Ronholm, James <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected].=
ca</a>&gt;</span><br>
<blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex=
; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote">Generally, for the tabs/windows =
(such as Services) you can just click on the little [x]. To re-open the win=
dow later use the windows menu. Drag to position. You can also collapse the=
m to the side.<br>
<br>Many menus (like Profile) are plugin related. Deactivate the plugin for=
 profiling and the menu disappears (unless other plugins use that menu also=
). I&#39;m not positive you can remove all Java items (or not).<br><br>
Jim<br>
<div>
<div></div>
<div class=3D"h5"><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Paul Gries [mailt=
o:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>]<br>Se=
nt: Mon 6/22/2009 12:18 PM<br>To: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">nbe=
[email protected]</a><br>
Subject: [nbedu] Removing menus and menu items?<br><br>Greetings,<br><br>I =
teach CS1 at the University of Toronto. =A0We teach using Python and<br>we&=
#39;re considering switching to NetBeans. =A0Like many others, we&#39;re<br=
>
concerned about the complexity of the UI that the students see.<br><br>Over=
all the UI is nice and clean, but we&#39;d like to hide the following:<br><=
br>The Services and Files TopComponents<br>Menus: Profile, Team<br>Menu ite=
ms: anything Java-related<br>
<br>Is there a straightforward way to do this?<br><br>Thanks very much,<br>=
--<br>Paul Gries =A0 =A0 =A0 | =A0<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">=
[email protected]</a><br>Senior Lecturer =A0| =A0DCS, Univ. of Toronto<=
br><br><br>
<br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>

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