Netbeans 7.0.1 in Ubuntu has no javascript support?

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I just installed netbeans 7.0.1 in ubuntu 12.04, and there NO JAVASCRIPT support whatsoever. I am not getting any errors, but my .js files just appear as regular text files with no syntax highlighting.

My situation is different from this post because when I go to Tools -> Options -> Misc -> Files, under "Associated File Type (MIME)" i don't have an option for "text/javascript".

Also in my previous installation of netbeans, I could right-click on the "Source Files" folder of my project, select New -> other and I could create a new .JS file like this. But now there is no option for .js files. Only PHP (since i installed the PHP plugin), XML, SQL, CSS and a handful of others.

Another thing, I often embed javascript in .php files. My embedded js just shows up as plain text, no syntax highlighting.

I also checked for additional plugins for JS, but nothing jumped out at me as being the solution. Does anyone know how I can enable the JS file recognition and syntax highlighting?

Thanks!

** UPDATE **

This installation is acting very weird (when editing text, pressing enter has no reaction, no line return, nothing) so I will try re-installing, will update with results.

** UPDATE 2 **

Installed 7.1 for linux from the netbeans website and everything is working well. It must have been a faulty installation from the Ubuntu software center.

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1 Answers

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I was using Netbeans 7.0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. Installing Netbeans 7.1.2 fixed my color/syntax problems.

For those who need to re-install, here is the download page: http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html

Be sure to check Tools -> Options -> Misc -> Files to ensure that everything looks right.

P.S. @jeffery_the_wind Thank you for your update! This had been driving me crazy today, and I googled for hours and couldn't find the solution.