What's Changed
Gradle
- Support running classes from specific Gradle source sets in Gradle actions by @Achal1607 in #8897
- Remove unmaintained Gradle HTMLUI Project Template by @lkishalmi in #9125
- Revert gradle downloader TLS handshake workaround again. by @mbien in #9141
- Upgrade Gradle Tooling API 9.3.0 by @lkishalmi in #9112
Maven
- Fixes UnsupportedOperationException in maven RunGoalsPanel by @mbien in #8993
- mavenembedder asm fix by @ebarboni in #9009
- Resolve some internal maven embedder deprecations. by @mbien in #8939
- CI: Start testing on JDK 26-ea by @mbien in #9017
- Set --sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access=warn (JEP 498) by @mbien in #9021
- Update bundled maven to 3.9.12 by @mbien in #9084
- Fix editing java/maven/mavensrc (unify classpaths used in IDE and ant build) by @matthiasblaesing in #9120
- Fix NBM wizard NPE when the pom properties section is missing by @mbien in #9131
Ant
- Upgrade the bundled Ant version to 1.10.15 by @lkishalmi in #9052
Java
- Refactoring: Improve listClassPathHints() performance by @mbien in #8948
- Bump FormDesigner module to JDK 17 and adjust javac task by @mbien in #8387
- Find Usage performance: moved classpath merging out of the inner loop by @mbien in #8957
- TreeUtilities: fix record span computation by @mbien in #8937
- Highlight 'module' in 'import module' as keyword. by @lahodaj in #8975
- Refactored configuration management for LSP module by @Achal1607 in #8514
- Log warning and continue on java hint failure by @mbien in #8982
- Prevent duplication of guard clause in switch expressions by @homberghp in #8971
- Propagate refactoring problems to LSP client by @shivam71 in #8968
- Fixes find-usages and call-hierarchy on enum constructors. by @mbien in #8991
- Remove applet API usage and file templates for jnlp/applets. by @mbien in #9019
- Round the completion item text width correctly by @mbien in #9032
- Enable multiview for XJB (JAXB customization files) by @matthiasblaesing in #9030
- Basic syntax coloring support for jflex grammar files by @haidubogdan in #8997
- Make some refactoring warnings messages localisable by @shivam71 in #9007
- Set end position for implicit class declaration tree part of a compact source file by @shivam71 in #8856
- Remove Mylyn Integration by @lkishalmi in #9051
- Improving handling of broken bootpaths with an implicit hardcoded --release by @lahodaj in #9048
- apidoc font linked to main site by @ebarboni in #9045
- Fix for issue 9018: Javadoc viewer shows HTML comments by @makiam in #9071
- Upgrade nb-javac to JDK 26b27 by @mbien in #9044
- Remove more Applet API usage. by @mbien in #9080
- Debugger: Only add java specific InlineValueComputerImpl for JPDA sessions by @matthiasblaesing in #9073
- Java ConvertToARM fix: Fix case where existing variable (without declaration) is guarded and other variables are used outside the new block by @matthiasblaesing in #9070
- SemanticHighlighter support for context sensitive value keyword by @mbien in #9079
- Adjust test data to java 21 api changes. by @makiam in #9083
- apidoc css simplification by @ebarboni in #9076
- Update embedded tomcat from 9.0.102 to 9.0.113 by @mbien in #9122
- Preventing an NPE for compact source files inside test roots. by @lahodaj in #9003
- Read classpath for the file, rather then for the directory, to help with cases where files have classpath, but directories don't. by @lahodaj in #9093
- Hint/test stabilization: cannot keep TypeMirrors across javac context invocations. by @lahodaj in #9042
- Use bundle value for inner classes fold text by @mbien in #9149
- Update javac package list in APTUtils by @mbien in #8931
- [GITHUB-9056] Using sharp(er) classpath when rename refactoring. by @lahodaj in #9069
JavaFX
- Update OpenJFX to 21.0.9 (for linux-aarch64 version 21) by @matthiasblaesing in #9119
Groovy
- Update groovy to 3.0.25 by @matthiasblaesing in #9059
PHP
- PHP: Added folding for heredoc and nowdoc by @troizet in #9054
- fix ifinite loop caused by php brace matcher in embedded lexer context by @haidubogdan in #9023
- PHP: Fixed an issue where a trait used in an anonymous class was defined as being used in a wrapper class by @troizet in #8883
C/C++
Enterprise
- Improve Add Database Connection dialog for SQLite, DuckDB, BigQuery, and Snowflake by @eirikbakke in #8189
- Enable parsing of JSP 3.0 (Jakarta) based sources by @matthiasblaesing in #8976
- Add "Edit context.xml" action to Tomcat menu by @NicolaIsotta in #9068
- Removed unused commons fileupload wrapper. by @mbien in #9121
- Avoid using of javac-related instances outside of the javac context that created them. by @lahodaj in #9127
Web
- CSS include support for image-set by @haidubogdan in #8981
- JavaScript: Detect duplicate private class elements and invalid constructors by @matthiasblaesing in #9027
- fixes parser error for css ::host and ::sloted pseudo-elements by @haidubogdan in #9135
Versioning
- Update DefaultGitHyperlinkProvider to support codeberg projects. by @mbien in #9111
- Update jgit from 7.2.0 to 7.2.1 by @mbien in #9114
- Git: Improve handling of ambigous ID input in checkout dialog by @matthiasblaesing in #9123
- Fix git file history log order by @mbien in #9128
Editor
- Improve LazyProject initialization performance by @mbien in #8955
- Improve editor tooltip mouse ignore area computation. by @mbien in #9028
- Fix rare CCE in the interface selector UI of the new-java-class wizard by @mbien in #9050
- Fixes Grammar template folder position in the file create wizard form by @haidubogdan in #9058
- Fixes jflex coloring display for macro values splitted on multiple new lines by @haidubogdan in #9063
- Support for env files by @haidubogdan in #9075
- Include apache license on env file module for antlr generated files by @haidubogdan in #9115
UI Changes
- NotificationCenterManager: Ensure filtered list manipulation is synchronized by @matthiasblaesing in #8960
- wakefield: MainWindow WLToolkit CCE fix by @mbien in #9004
- Improve diff display (anti-aliasing for conflict view and incomplete drawing of diff border) by @matthiasblaesing in #9002
Platform
- Make sure netbeans in embedded terminal means itself by @jtulach in #8756
- Fixed RequestProcessor FixedRateTask initialDelay by @wintama-roberto in #8932
- Remove use of deprecated Integer constructor in NotifyDescriptor by @neilcsmith-net in #8799
- Master Filesystem Valhalla compatibility by @mbien in #8964
- PersistenceManager deserialization logging improvement by @mbien in #8962
- Bump platform cluster to javac.release 17 by @mbien in #9012
- Fixes most layer position warnings and improves logging by @mbien in #8916
- Update Options Panel Controller template by @makiam in #9106
Language Server Protocol
- Replaced codicons in Change Method refactoring UI with Unicode characters by @Achal1607 in #8952
- Update LSP4J to 0.24.0 and Xtend/Xtext to 2.32.0 by @dasTanmoy0096 in #9104
- lsp.client: Fix breadcrumb rendering by @matthiasblaesing in #9116
Maintenance
- use default sdk/parameter to build lib.profiler by @ebarboni in #8970
- Bump actions/download-artifact from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #8965
- Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #8966
- Remove deprecated ProgressUtils and ProgresHandleFactory usage by @mbien in #8927
- Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #9037
- Bump actions/cache from 4 to 5 by @dependabot[bot] in #9088
- Bump actions/upload-artifact from 5 to 6 by @dependabot[bot] in #9089
- Bump actions/download-artifact from 6 to 7 by @dependabot[bot] in #9090
- Editor Utilities to LineDocumentUtils migration by @mbien in #8940
- cleanup: remove deprecated TheadGroup methods by @BradWalker in #9096
Other Changes
- Use
absolutize_pathsto make userdir and path absolute by @jtulach in #8998 - NetBeans terminal provides "ideopen" command to open a local path this fails on windows by @matthiasblaesing in #8996
- Fix high CPU load in grid customizer (GH9060) by @neilcsmith-net in #9066
- Rust improvements by @matthiasblaesing in #9117
New Contributors
- @wintama-roberto made their first contribution in #8932
- @dasTanmoy0096 made their first contribution in #9104
Full Changelog: 28...29-rc1