I realized that the JDK 11 online API is also not read correctly. In my case this was also showing that no javadoc was found, until I did a small hack.
So we can add it to the problem. Meanwhile I can share the hack I did to get some of the Javadoc working. Under Platforms, for JDK 11 the Javadoc source was set as https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/ I added https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base to the top of the list. And at least in the pop-up documentation it is working for me. Interestingly it is also working for other modules apart from java.base. I am not sure how exactly this works, and I am unable to find further details easily. On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 4:12 PM Richard Grin <richard.g...@univ-cotedazur.fr> wrote: > Thanks Abhinav. I had not noticed this little icon "Show documentation in > external web brower button". > > When I click on this button, I receive a "Page not found" error (404). Yet > I have the good URL for the javadoc of the JDK 11 (as I see in the Java > Platform Manager). > > I use NetBeans 11.2 without the "nb-javac Java editing support library". > > Richard > Le 29/11/2019 à 15:00, A S a écrit : > > Hi Richard, > > I think it wasn't the correct name. What I called "Hint window" should be > called "pop-up documentation window" which appears if you press Ctrl+Space > while typing. > You may also enable its appearance automatically under > Tools->Options->Editor->Code Completion > > The behavior I reported about being able to see correct location in a > browser is for the case where I have copied the elements-list to a file > named packages-list in the Javadoc of the external library. > The pop-up documentation window only shows the type definitions for the > external library, but is otherwise empty. But I am guessing this is because > the Javadoc is not in the format expected by Netbeans and I am merely > hacking it with the renaming trick. > > Below is an example how it should look like. Here sourcing from online > Javadoc for JDK11. > [image: Netbeans_javadoc.png] > > Best regards > Abhinav > > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 11:33 PM Richard Grin < > richard.g...@univ-cotedazur.fr> wrote: > >> Hi Abhinav, >> >> What is this "hint window"? How do you open it? >> >> Richard >> Le 28/11/2019 à 16:00, A S a écrit : >> >> One additional info: With Alt-F1(or context menu) or by clicking on the >> "Show documentation in external web browser" button in the hint window, I >> do land to the correct part of the documentation in the external browser. >> Just that the documentation doesn't show up in the hint window in the >> editor. >> >> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 12:31 PM A S <abhinav.sharma.s...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for your response Emi! I haven't tried with any other libraries >>> or any other JDK versions to try other Javadoc formats. To be frank I only >>> got to know these two possibilities because of the issue here, and am not >>> aware of any other formats. >>> >>> I am hoping some more experienced users have some insight here, and can >>> guide/help me how in filing a bug if this is one. >>> >>> Regards >>> Abhinav >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 6:40 PM Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> This sounds like a NetBeans bug. >>>> >>>> In JDK 10, "element-list" was added to better support modules. So, >>>> does NetBeans work with other modern Javadocs? >>>> >>>> Maybe there is something subtler: does a library in a JDK 8 project >>>> display Javadoc 11-style documentation? >>>> >>>> --emi >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 4:45 PM A S <abhinav.sharma.s...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Hello, >>>> > >>>> > I am only sporadically using Netbeans for some small projects, so my >>>> apologies if the question is too amateurish. I was previously using >>>> Netbeans 8.2, and the platform I was working with was Java 8. >>>> > >>>> > With a change to JDK 11 for the project, I switched up to Apache >>>> Netbeans 11.2. For one of the libraries that I am using for the project, >>>> when I try to add the Javadoc to the library, Netbeans complains because no >>>> package-list exist. I see that the JDK 11 version has an 'element-list' in >>>> the javadoc folder with contents similar to the 'package-list' of JDK 8 >>>> version. If I copy the element-list and rename the file to package-list, >>>> Netbeans seems to be able to add the Javadoc. However this only allows the >>>> path to be added as javadoc, and the documentation isn't actually available >>>> when referencing a method in the editor. >>>> > >>>> > My google searches are quit inconclusive on whether there is a way to >>>> read such a Javadoc from Netbeans. Does anyone have a concrete answer on >>>> whether this is possible? If yes, how? >>>> > >>>> > Best regards >>>> > Abhinav Sharma >>>> >>>
