Internal web browser


Forte for Java, Community Edition includes the ICE Browser from ICEsoft, a built-in full-featured web browser that is useful in both testing and providing easy access to online help sources. It enables standard browsing capabilities from within the IDE and is useful in reaching online help sources.

To open the web browser, do one of the following:

Once the browser is open, it operates like any simple browser. To load a different page, type the URL in the Location. The forward and back arrows cycle through previously-seen pages, the Stop icon stops the loading process, and the Home setting is set (by default) to the NetBeans web site, http://www.netbeans.com/. Clicking the History icon gives you a list of all URLs you have loaded in the session and enables you to double-click on any of them to bring that web page back. You can search for text strings in the web browser by choosing Edit | Find from the main menu or by using the CTRL+f keyboard shortcut.

To open an additional web browser window:

You can also set a different home page (the page that displays when you open the web browser or press the Home icon).

To set a different home page:

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