I have started using Intellij and I am trying to find a feature that was in eclipse. I often navigate to a file either through the code or through a CTRL-N search. When I have the file I found open, I want to see which project and which folder of the project the file is in. I found a way to open the file in Windows Explorer which tells me what I want but I would rather stay in intellij and see the folders on the left expanded to the location of the file. Does this exist in intellij?
Thanks
On the heading of Project Explorer panel their will be a circle with 4 lines inside it.
Press that it will take you to the place where you file is inside the project
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IntelliJ IDEA jumps in project structure to folder where the file is located when I open it.
How to stop this? I don't want to see how project structures always jumping.
Use Find Action. ⌘+shift+A On MacOS. ctrl+shift+A on Windows/Linux.
Search for "Always Select Opened File"
Make sure it is off
I'm using IntelliJ IDEA EduTools and chose a project from JetBrains Academy. The plugin decided to create the project directory at some arbitrary location. I tried moving it by choosing Refactor -> Move at project root but a message box pops up saying "This move operation can break the course". I tried deleting the project directory and re-open the project from JB Academy, but EduTools seems to remember the decision and created the project directory at the very same location.
So my question is, how do I move the project directory to somewhere else?
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You can move the project directory anywhere using your File Explorer and import it back to your IDE using Open or Import on the Welcome Screen.
You'll see the project with the previous location marked as unavailable on the left of the Welcome Screen. Please click ⨉ to remove this project.
I am using PyCharm 2020.1. When I create a new file, PyCharm automatically opens it in the editor. Also when I move a directory, PyCharm opens all the files inside the directory in the editor.
Sometimes it's tens of files opened at once. This behavior is frustrating and I would like to turn it off, but have not been able to find where in Preferences to do so.
Someone please help me figure out how to stop newly created files and files inside moved folders from automatically opening in editor. Thanks.
I don't think you can't open a new file via PyCharm, unless you create it via the Terminal tab on the bottom, for example:
touch test.py
When you move a directory into a new directory, there should be a checkmark on a popup saying "Open moved files in editor", so you probably have that checked.
I've been searching around and confused with the results here as the others here in stackoverflow are saying its not possible or is via the vmoptions file. But all I wanted was just simply change the projects home directory showing when I'm opening my projects as I have to navigate too many folders just to get to my directory where all my projects are. Hence I'm posting this question.
To do so, after opening IntelliJ with any existing project,
Go to File > Settings / Ctrl + Alt + S
On the left pane, navigate to Appearance & Behavior . System Settings
Find the Project Opening section, and then click the folder icon to find the directory to set the new home directory for opening projects.
Click Apply
Then you'd now be able to automatically navigate to this directory whenever trying to open your projects folder.
There's a small feature I have been yearning about in intellij idea and I will give it a try in this forum, maybe it is already possible.
In brief: I want a button that opens the working folder of the project I am working on.
Since this is the folder I put my settings files I am doing the following operation dozens of times a day -
open the run/debug configuration.
go to my activbe project tab.
copy the working directory.
open run (win+r).
paste the folder path and press enter.
X dozens of times.
Is there a way to add a button somewhere that opens my working folder?
BTW: I know that in the project settings - External tools - I can add actions. but there is no workingFolder in the macros. is there a way to add the working folder? (eventhough a button would be better)
Thanks a lot.
If you need to manage files, why not do it right from IntelliJ? If you have to go to explorer, right click any file or folder in the project panel, and there's a "Show in Explorer" option in Windows (no default key mapping). There's also "Show Path" (ctrl+alt+F12), which lets you open Explorer to any parent directory of the selected file all the way up to the drive. Finally, "Copy Path" (ctrl+shift+C) will copy the absolute path to the clipboard. (This is in IDEA 10.5, but I know Copy Path has been there a long time.)