How to recover closed output window in netbeans?

Question

It often happens to me that I want to clear the current output window by using the context menu, but instead of hitting the Clear entry, I accidently hit the Close entry (which is directly below Clear).

How can I get that output window back!?

Via Window/Output/Output I only get the container tab for all output windows. How can I reopen the output window of a currently running application?

score 46 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 23 '14 at 19:37

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Here is solution

First go to service window which is next tab to project tab...
then right click on apache tomcat
click view server log and view server output

edited Jun 23 '14 at 19:37

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answered Jun 23 '14 at 19:17

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It is desabled! the solution is http://stackoverflow.com/a/27820775/1583946 – Dariush Jafari Jul 11 '16 at 09:50

score 39 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '13 at 16:27

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In the right bottom edge there are information about NetBeans updates. Left to it, there's the tasks running (building, running application etc). Click on it, right click the process you want and select Show Output.

answered Apr 05 '13 at 16:27

Jean Waghetti

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Hi, Yes, I found what you mean. But unfortunately it is always deactivated (greyed out). No matter whether the output window is still visible or already closed. Do I miss something? I tried it with Netbeans 7.3. – radlan Apr 07 '13 at 09:18
Well, I tried in NetBeans 7.3 and 7.0. Both work for me. Could not reproduce your problem here. Sorry. – Jean Waghetti Apr 08 '13 at 04:18
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I played around a bit and it seems that it does not work with maven projects. With an ant project it works well. – radlan Apr 08 '13 at 08:57
It could be. Only tested with Ant. – Jean Waghetti Apr 08 '13 at 12:58
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IMHO, this is a bug, as it should work under maven. I have opened a bug report https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=233924 will be interesting to see if they can fix. You might want to vote for it if you agree this is an issue – Andy Dingfelder Aug 04 '13 at 22:41

score 32 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 03 '14 at 09:10

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try Window--> Reset Windows in netbean Caution: be aware, that all your windows settings are away after that!

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answered Mar 03 '14 at 03:21

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I had the same problem and only the reset windows method worked for me, neither the ctrl+4 nor any other method reseted the output window. – dimcode Sep 13 '16 at 21:16
Worked for me. None of other options were working for me. – stack_alok Mar 21 '18 at 17:28

score 32 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 07 '15 at 13:39

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I had this same issue recently and none of the other fixes worked. I got it to show finally by switching to the "Services" tab, right-clicking on "Apache Tomcat or TomEE" and clicking "Restart".

answered Jan 07 '15 at 13:39

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This should be the accepted answer, as sometimes the "view server output" context menu entry is grayed out for no reason. – polaretto Mar 30 '15 at 14:53
*FINALLY*!! Thank you! Still a bug in Netbeans 8.2. But it has been so long since it happened that I'd forgotten what to do!! – Dave Dec 05 '19 at 10:17

score 20 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 27 '14 at 01:18

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Go to the window tab: Then click on Output. This will allow you to place it anywhere on the screen. Or just use ctrl+4

answered Oct 27 '14 at 01:18

score 11 · Answer 6 · edited May 17 '17 at 10:23

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Go to Server tab and Right Click you will see the View Output Log.

Netbeans --> Your Server --> RightClick --> View Output

edited May 17 '17 at 10:23

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answered Dec 17 '15 at 05:49

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score 8 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 29 '14 at 07:31

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In NetBeans 7.4, Under Window menu, click on "Reset Window". Then NetBeans will disappear and reappear. At last, after it reappears, click on "Output" under Window menu.

answered Aug 29 '14 at 07:31

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score 7 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 28 '17 at 15:17

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Go to window tab - reset windows - run your program. - then right click on bottom of the tab where program running

answered Mar 28 '17 at 15:17

Amitha

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Thank you! Nothing else seemed to bring the Output panel back; I can only guess that it was accidentally hidden in a weird way such that `Window -> Output` and the like were "showing" it but I still could not see it. After "reset windows" it came back. – Loduwijk Jul 05 '17 at 17:16

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Apr 03 '16 at 21:17

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Right click on Apache Tomcat under Services window. Stop the server, then start it again...both log and output window will reappear

answered Apr 03 '16 at 21:17

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score 3 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 14 '17 at 13:07

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Just go through "View" and select IDE Log. it will show the output.

answered Mar 14 '17 at 13:07

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score 2 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 11 '14 at 07:41

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If you run the server in normal mode you can recover the log by restarting the main project in debug mode. It seems that NB opens a new server log when the server run mode changes.

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score 1 · Answer 12 · edited Aug 12 '15 at 11:45

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If you want to see three windows along with Log Then go to windows on NetBeans then output and click NetBeans->windows->output. Next go to service next to you project select server right click on it select server log and server output NetBeans->service(next to you project)->server->View server log and view service output.

edited Aug 12 '15 at 11:45

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answered Aug 12 '15 at 10:45

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Mar 26 '16 at 09:23

I was having the same problem. Currently I am using the version 8.1, First of all go to the window tab, that is just before the tab help. Click on window and there click reset "Reset Window", after that in the bottom right click on the tab where your project runs, right click and select show output.

score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Apr 18 '16 at 07:20

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shorter way: 1-Alt + Shift + R 2-Ctrl + 4 second way:(in menus of netBeans) 1-go to window tab 2-go to IDE tools 3-click on Test Result 4-again in window tab click on Output

answered Apr 18 '16 at 07:20

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score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Jul 06 '20 at 11:09

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I found output option in window Menu.

answered Jul 06 '20 at 11:09

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score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Mar 04 '14 at 08:33

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in Netbeans 7.4 try Window -> Output OR Ctrl + 4

answered Mar 04 '14 at 08:33

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score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Jan 30 '17 at 12:12

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Easy way, just write some wrong code and Run > Build it will show the error in output window.

I tried all of the above but no success, just this one worked.

answered Jan 30 '17 at 12:12

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score -1 · Answer 18 · edited Apr 17 '21 at 03:24

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Servers---AT---right click---start in debugging mode

edited Apr 17 '21 at 03:24

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answered Apr 16 '21 at 07:46

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Don't just post answer only to get up vote. Its a serious platform and you can't get likes here, it's not facebook. You are answering this question after 8 years, but your answer is just a one liner. Please read carefully before posting answer https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-answer – Muhammad Tariq Apr 16 '21 at 11:46

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