The issue:

When I open the "add new project" dialog (screenshot below), I can't create a new project. The loading message (hourglass icon) stays on forever. Except for "cancel", the other buttons are disabled.

It was working fine a few days ago, I haven't changed any setting prior to the issue appearing. I ran the internal update feature, but the issue persists.

The info:

My OS version: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 64 bits

Netbeans version:

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Product Version: NetBeans IDE 7.2.1 (Build 201210100934)

Java: 1.6.0_27; OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 20.0-b12

System: Linux version 3.2.0-49-generic running on amd64; UTF-8; pt_BR (nb)

User directory: /home/user/.netbeans/7.2.1

Cache directory: /home/user/.cache/netbeans/7.2.1

What I tried:

• Changing the Look and Feel with the --laf command-line option. The look-and-feel does change, but the issue persists.


• Using the internal update command, a plugin got updated but the issue persists.


• Downloading and installing the latest version (7.31), it imported the settings from the previous version and the issue persists.


• Removing the settings folder ~/.netbeans/7.3.1, restarting netbeans, choosing not to import settings and rather have a new clean install