Netbeans Go To File Search Dialog Is Very Slow

Question

The Netbeans "Go To File" feature (accessed with shift+alt+o) is extremely slow compared to the same feature in Eclipse, which is fast enough to do as-you-type matching. It seems that Netbeans is searching my entire project every time I return to this dialog. I updated to the latest Netbeans and this is still happening.

Am I doing something wrong or missing an option somewhere? Is there any way to speed this up or have it be instant like the Go To File function in Eclipse?

Answer 1

From Peter Blaha,

we are aware of the 'Go To file' performance. Therefore, we consider this improvements in our development plan for NetBeans 7.0, see the section Performance

Answer 2

You can have a look here too: http://forums.netbeans.org/post-30720.html&highlight=slow