Is there a NetBeans equivalent to Eclipse's Workspace

I am using Mac OS with version 6.7.1.

There is the option of project group.

In File > Project group.

In here you can create a project group based on a folder location, so any projects underneath this folder will be considered within this project group.

When switching between project groups only projects within are displayed, and it maintains the current status of opened files, etc.

Switching between project groups doesn't require closing the IDE.

Given those options I believe this would be equivalent to the workspace switching in Eclipse.

I've found two things:

First there is a "similar" feature. It involves using the userdir switch on the command line. The downside being you would need to restart your IDE rather than switching while open. I think I can live with that for the time being. I found the technique here for Windows:

1. Create a shortcut on your desktop to the Netbeans executable: C:\Program Files\NetBeans x.x\bin\netbeans.exe
2. Right-click on the shortcut and click "Properties".
3. In the "Target" textbox, add the extra parameter to the very end: --userdir C:\path\to\new_workspace
4. Click "OK" to exit the Properties window and double click the shortcut. Netbeans will launch and create/load the workspace at that location

Secondly, someone has submitted a feature to allow for workspace switching (or in this case userdir switching) from the IDE itself. Perhaps this will be rolled into 7.0.

Well Netbeans has a group so you can create a group of projects which you want to say put in a eclipse workspace otherwise.

So when you switch a group it's like switching workpsace in eclipse