apache / apache/netbeans

Search/Usages result preview window has an extreme mouse wheel property (>=4 movements total?)

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Description

### Apache NetBeans version

Apache NetBeans 28

### What happened

Search or Usages results preview windows has its own hardcoded value for mouse wheel up and down movement and is extreme, One mouse wheel movement and it jumps to a relative position (about total lines/ 4) and it is not predictable. This should not happen, it should at least inherit the main editor behavior.

### Language / Project Type / NetBeans Component

_No response_

### How to reproduce

Just do a Find/Search or Find Usages and select a result, then in preview window, use mouse wheel up/down

### Did this work correctly in an earlier version?

Apache NetBeans 28

### Operating System

windows 11

### JDK

25

### Apache NetBeans packaging

Apache NetBeans binary zip

### Anything else

_No response_

### Are you willing to submit a pull request?

No

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue in Apache NetBeans 28 on Windows 11 by running Find/Search or Find Usages, selecting a result, and scrolling in the preview window. Locate the preview's mouse-wheel handling and compare it with the main editor behavior. Done means preview scrolling uses a predictable increment consistent with the main editor instead of jumping by roughly a quarter of the content.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
developer-experience
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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