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NetBeans IDE NetBeans Platform Plugins Docs & Support Community Partners netbeans.org > projects > utilities > Website Utilities This is the home page for the Utilities module. Description The Utilities module is made up of four sub-modules: group - for grouping objects together, -- openfile – for opening arbitrary files, pdf – for opening PDF files, search – for searching files accessible from within the IDE, url – for creating web bookmarks. Group This sub-module allows the user to create groups of related objects from IDE filesystems. The group is created as a specific node into which other nodes (representing data objects or folders) may be pasted. Technically, the group contains just links to objects, not the objects themselves. Groups are often used as templates, since the user can then instantiate a cluster of files together as a logical unit. There is special support for naming objects created from a group template. Developer info: If you write module which use group functionality (module provides .group files) you should specify module dependency on dataloader.group token in module's manifest. OpenIDE-Module-Requires: dataloader.group -- Open File The Open File utilitiy allows to open any file in the IDE. It is useful if one wants to open some file but the file is not otherwise accessible from within the IDE, e.g. if it does not belong to any of the currently opened projects. It is the accessible through action File / Open File… . The Open File utility also provides the ability to open a file from a command line, or generally from outside the IDE, by sending a corresponding request to the IDE. It allows to associate Java files with the IDE such that when a Java file is activated in the desktop user interface (e.g. by double-clicking on the file's icon), the file is opened in the IDE (if the IDE is not running at the moment, it is automatically started). PDF This module's only task is to recognize PDF DataObject s and present them in the IDE, usually as menu items. Menu item Keyboard Shortcuts in the Help is a good example. When the menu item is selected, a PDF viewer is started and the PDF file represented by the object (menu item) is displayed. Search This sub-module provides the capability to search projects and folders for files, using various criteria. By default, four search criteria are implemented: object name, full text content, object type, and object modification date. Other criteria may be plugged in by other IDE modules. URL This module's only task is to recognize URL DataObject s and present them in the IDE, usually as menu items. Several menu items in the Help menu represent URL objects – when you select such a menu item, the given web page is displayed in a web browser. Want to comment or help? We are open to your ideas. If you have any questions, suggestions or improvements about this module, feel free to send us an e-mail or subscribe to one if the Utilities mailing lists (use the appropriate link on the left). Login | Join Now | Help Navigation Home My Page Projects People Project Features Issue Tracking Bugzilla Mailing Lists Downloads Downloads Website Website About this Project Utilities was started in November 2009, is owned by Antonin Nebuzelsky , and has 40 members . » Join This Project NetBeans.org Join News Releases & Planning Mailing Lists Bugzilla Contribute Teams Guidelines SiteMap About Us Contact Legal & Licences By use of this website, you agree to the NetBeans Policies and Terms of Use ( revision 20160708.bf2ac18 ). © 2014, Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Sponsored by Done Please Confirm No Yes...