Expand the Editing node and select Form Editor Settings.
Properties
Connection Border Color. Color of component selection border
during connection mode.
Drag Feedback Color. Color of target container during dragging.
Form Designer Background. Background color of the Form Designer
pane.
Form Designer Border Color. Color of the boxes around a designed
component.
Use Deferred Code Generation. If True, Java code is generated
only when the form is saved. If False, Java code is updated with each change
to the form.
Selection Border Color. Color of the boxes around a component
that mark it as selected.
Selection Border Size. Size (in pixels) of the boxes around
a component that mark it as selected.
Palette window Shows Names. If True, the name of each component
is displayed next to its icon in the Palette window. You can also show
names in the Palette window by right-clicking any of the buttons in the window
and choosing Show Component Names.
Palette window in Toolbar. If True, the Add Mode button appears
in the Form Editor toolbar. You can click this button to select any of the
Palette window's components from the menu that is displayed.
Use Indentation Engine. If True, the Java Source Editor's indentation
engine is used when generating Java code. If False, the Form Editor's simpler
(but faster) indentation is used. Regenerating code for large forms can be
slow using the Java Source Editor's indentation engine.
Expert
Apply Grid to Position. If True, the position of components
is snapped to the grid if a grid is used. The grid is used for forms that
use AbsoluteLayout or Null Layout, and for JLayeredPane and JDesktopPane components.
Apply Grid to Size. If True, the size of components is snapped
to the grid if a grid is used.
Property Editor Search Path. List of packages used to search
the property editor to use in the Form Editor. For example, to use an alternate
Color property editor, create ColorEditor and add its full package
name to the beginning of the Property Editor Search Path. ColorEditor is then
used when the Color property is edited.
Event Variable Name. The name of the variable generated in
the signature of the event handler method for the event object. For example,
evt is the variable name in private void button1ActionPerformed
(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt).
Generate Mnemonics Code. If True, special mnemonics code is
generated using org.openide.awt.Mnemonics.
Grid X and Grid Y. Size of the grid in the x and y axis
for AbsoluteLayout, Null Layout, JLayeredPane, and JDesktopPane.
Listener Generation Style. Determines how the code for component
events and their handlers is generated. All of the options produce functionally
equivalent code, but each option has different performance qualities. There
are three options:
Anonymous Innerclasses. One anonymous innerclass is generated
for each event. This option might have negative impact on performance
and memory of the application, since a lot of classes that must be loaded
and kept when the form is executed.
One Innerclass. One common innerclass is generated for
the whole form. This innerclass implements all necessary listeners and
dispatches all events to the attached event handlers. The resulting code
is less compact and slightly less efficient, but the anonymous innerclasses
are eliminated. This option is particularly suitable for large forms with
many components and event handlers.
Main Class. The form's main class implements the listeners.
No special innerclass for events is generated. This is the most efficient
option, but it does not work well with all types of forms. This option
should only be used if the form class does not declare any listener implementation
that could interact with events that are generated by components in the
form.
Property Editors. String pairs that explicitly list the property
type and the fully qualified class name of the property editor to use for
that type.
Show Mnemonics. If True, an information dialog about Mnenomics
functionality is displayed whenever a component's Text property is set.
Local Variables. If True, the variables generated for the components
on the form are declared as local variables in the initComponents() method.
If False, the variables are declared as member fields of the class.
Variables Modifier. The access modifier for variables generated
for components on the form. See Modifiers Property
Editor for more information.