How about the trick mentioned in this article <https://dzone.com/articles/secrets-netbeans-window-system> (search for 'float')? To display the Layer XML, right click on your module, *New -> Other -> Module Development -> XML Layer*.
On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 at 04:24, Arcturus Bootes <arcturusboot...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a NetBeans platform application I am working on and I would like to > have a TopComponent I am using "float" by default. I am not sure how to do > this and would be grateful if I can get some advice on any annotation or > something I can set to make it float by default. > > Thank you. >