How to prevent Netbeans 6.9 from storing widget properties in a properties file

Question

I'm learning to use Netbeans and for my intro pet projects, I don't want it storing widget properties in a properties file. For example, by default, it puts the text property of a JLabel into a properties file. There's a checkbox to disable it per property but is there a way to do that globally? And is there a way to easily disable this for 20 widgets I've already defined?

Answer 1

You can disable it on a per-form level by going into Design mode, selecting the topmost item in the Inspector window, then unchecking the Automatic Internationalization property.

You can also disable it globally by going to Tools > Options > Miscellaneous > Gui Builder and changing Automatic Internationalization to off.