## Window Component Wizard: Basic Settings

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The New Window Component wizard creates a new window component. You open the New Window Component wizard by right-clicking a module project, choosing New > File/Folder and selecting Window Component from the NetBeans Plug-in Module category.

In the Basic Settings page, you have to set the following:

- Window Position. Specifies the location of the window component when open in the IDE. Choose one of the following:
  - `output.` The default position of the IDE's Output window.
  - `explorer.` The default position of the IDE's Projects window.
  - `editor.` The default position of the IDE's Source Editor.
  - `properties.` The default position of the IDE's Properties window. This is on the right side of the Source Editor.
  - `leftSlidingSide.` The window component will be available as a button on the left sidebar of the IDE.
  - `rightSlidingSide.` The window component will be available as a button on the right sidebar of the IDE.
  - `bottomSlidingSide.` The window component will be available as a button on the bottom bar of the IDE.

  For standalone modules and for modules that belong to a module suite which includes the `ide7` cluster in the Module List, the following positions are also available:

  - `commonpalette.` The default position of the IDE's Palette for HTML/JSP code snippets.
  - `debugger.` The default position of the IDE's Debugger.
  - `navigator.` The default position of the IDE's Navigator.
- Open on Application Start. Specifies whether the window component is open by default or not.

See Also
  About NetBeans Platform and Module Development
  About the NetBeans Platform

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