[FIXED] Design view in Netbeans won't load

Issue

I started to learn swing and downloaded netbeans to work through the tutorials. Unfortunately, when I create a JFrame design view hangs instead of loading and the Navigator and Inspector panes just show up empty.

System details:  
Linux Mint Maya
Netbeans version 7.0.1  
java 1.6.0_24

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Solution

In whatever editor/designer you choose, consider the approach shown here, in which the top-level container is created manually and one or more content panels are maintained in the designer.

Answered By - trashgod
Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (JavaFixing Admin)