So Cosmic is the problem .. don't plan to switch .. For now, I can just do
my Netbeansing on an Ubuntu machine 🖥️

Thanks for the help tracking this down, my friends!

On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 9:38 AM Chris Powell <[email protected]> wrote:

> I installed MATE (as a temporary fix when using NB).  The modal screens
> work fine there.
>
>
> C
>
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2026, 17:15 Jack W., <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Neil --
>>
>> I tried all look and feels and the command line netbeans
>> -J-Dwebswing.rootDir=chrome
>> None of these result in remediating the Insert code dialog functionality
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 8:13 AM Neil C Smith <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 at 14:48, Jack W. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > Thanks, Chris Powell. I didn't want to "prompt" any potential
>>> commenters on my issue, but I agree and already suspected PopOS.
>>>
>>> Can you try switching to another Look and Feel, eg. Nimbus?  You'll
>>> need to tick "Show all look and feels" to select.
>>>
>>> This reminds me of an issue I had with a lot of dialogs on ChromeOS
>>> that was fixed at https://github.com/JFormDesigner/FlatLaf/issues/1029
>>>
>>> I just checked and that particular popup is still broken on ChromeOS
>>> using FlatLaf but not Nimbus.
>>>
>>> You could also try running
>>>
>>> netbeans -J-Dwebswing.rootDir=chrome
>>>
>>> This fixes it for me.  It's a workaround to force lightweight popups in
>>> FlatLaf.
>>>
>>> Please confirm if the same fix works for you as it might be there is
>>> more to fix in the look and feel here.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
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