NetBeans Platform Issues

When the Foreground color for Field is “Inherited” the text in popup completion window (tooltip) is invisible. The popup completion window shows unselected entries as white text on a white background. Scrolling down the list shows one entry at a time with white text on a blue background. Otherwise the feature seems to work normally.

This issue is recorded as a Netbeans Bugzilla issue for Fonts & Colors:

https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=249766

Options->Fonts & Colors. Choosing “Inherited” option as foreground color for any [Syntax] category causes the text to be invisible in the editor. Looking at the preferences xml file “org-netbeans-modules-editor-settings-CustomFontsColors-tokenColorings.xml” it is clear that there is no linkage to a valid color for the foreground attribute of the affected category like “Field” or “Identifier.”

Work-around:

1. 1.Select Tools>Options, Fonts & Colors button, Syntax tab.
2. 2.For “Language,” choose “C.”
3. 3.Under “Category,” click “Field.”
4. 4.To the left, see that “Foreground” is selected as “Inherited.” Select a color from the list.
5. 5.Click OK.

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struct dados {
    unsigned char signature1;
    unsigned char signature2;
};
typedef union {
    unsigned char data [2];
    struct dados;         // unresolved ident.
} EEPROM_DATA;

void main(void) {
    EEPROM_DATA edata;
    edata.data [0] = 0xAA;    // this is ok
    edata.signature2 = 0xDD;  // unresolved ident.
}

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