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What is the Actions folder in the system filesystem, and why should I use it?

April 26, 2017Actions filesystem FOLDER system

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What is the Actions folder in the system filesystem, and why should I use it?

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You may have noticed that the examples of adding actions typically look like this: And you may have noticed that actions are usually put, not directly into the Menu/ folders, but into subfolders of this Actions/ folder. Then we create .shadow files that act like symbolic links, pointing to the real .instance file . Why all this indirection? Older versions of the NetBeans UI included the ability to rearrange, and even delete, whole menus or individual menu items, and future ones may again. (Many applications built on NetBeans will not want to expose such customizability, but some do.) The current UI does include a key binding editor; the Actions/ folder can be used from this editor