I do want to make an export from my IntelliJ code style settings.
I've found the menu to do so how ever the pop-up that opens has lots and lots of checkboxes to tell IntelliJ what settings you do want to export.
Now I want to export all settings from the selected item (Code style) and its sub-items:
For this, which do I have to check (or both) in the pop-up to export the right settings?
Code Style
Code Style (schemes)
And what is the difference between those two?
I'm using IntelliJ version 2017.3
Last information: I don't know if this is necessary to know but we've already a settings export file in our project. We want to update it as we want to change some settings. What I now did was to import this file, update the settings we want to update and then export it. But as described above, I don't know which checkboxes I've to use for this last step.
Thanks in advance!
The solution #y.bedrov posted in the comments was right:
You need to select "Code Style (schemes)". This is the second option from the second image in my question. This brought the result I was looking for.
"Code style" (first option) exports information about the currently used scheme name.
I also found out that it doesn't really matter if you make any mistake on exporting the settings as you'll have the option to deselect any selected option on import.
I made an image as example. In this example I exported the two settings that are also checked in the question. On import you'll receive this window. Here you can select which one you really want to import.
Of course, when you have a specific thing to export it is better to only export the settings necessary to avoid that everyone has to deselect all unnecessary options on import over and over again.
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I want to use code snippets in VSCode. But when I type, for example, for in javascript file, the Intellisense doesn't suggest snippet "for-loop" - I need to manually scroll the dropdown and select it. Is there any way to make VSCode to suggest snippets at first? Thank you!
UPD: I have found the person with same problem, but he has no answers - link
You need to use editor.snippetSuggestions config option with "top" value. Please, see Customizing IntelliSense article for more tips and tricks.
There is one more way to deal with this issue by setting
"editor.tabCompletion": true,
that way whenever there is a snnipet available it will use it automatically without even opening the list by using tab twice.
File > Preferences > Settings (Code > Preferences > Settings on Mac)
open "Editor" menu on the left
edit "editor.tabCompletion": true
more info: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/intellisense#_customizing-intellisense
Now that VS Code mostly abstracted away the settings.json file, you can do the instructions shown by Kavu, with this bonus tip:
go to Preferences > Settings
find the Search settings text input, at the top
type in "snippet"
The setting should be at the top of the result set:
Setting editor.snippetSuggestions to top only works for certain snippets: for but not foreach. With top, the snippet does appear higher in the completion list, but for some reason the keyword version is what is highlighted, with the snippet option scrolled out of view (and the scrollbar quickly fades, giving the impression there's nothing hidden)
The editor.tabCompletion to true approach works for both for and foreach.
I've been attempting to get my Intellij IDEA to confirm to a google-like Java standard - however both imports and manual settings seem to be ignored.
Here's how my indentations are currently set:
However my code still formats at 4 spaces, and when I reformat it goes to 4 spaces as well.
Thanks in advance!
This is the setting for your GoogleStyle scheme. But your project most likely doesn't use it. It's not enough to just select it in the combobox. You need to import this scheme into your project.
Click Manage... and Copy to Project, and it should work as expected.
Also, make sure you're setting language-spefic settings, so instead Code Style select Code Style > Java.
I want to indent with tabs, so I checked "Use tab character" in settings. But when I open projects which were indented with tabs, IntelliJ IDEA still asks me if I want to convert the indenting to spaces or keep it that way. Also, it creates new classes with space indenting. How can I solve this?
Your screenshot shows the settings for your Default (1) scheme. Those settings are not applied to your project automatically. It's not enough to just select it in the combobox. You need to import this scheme into your project.
Click Manage... and Copy to Project, and it should work as expected. This needs to be done for all your projects.
Also, make sure you're changing the language-spefic settings, so instead Code Style select Code Style > Java (or whatever language you are using). Those settings may override the default code styles.
I've just started to play araound with PHPStorm and I can't get the live templates to work. For example there's one for a public function..'pubf' then tab to expand however when I tab mine out it looks like this...
<pubf></pubf>
What's going on? Is there a setting I need to enable to get it to work?
Thanks
Just for a little more clarity:
Even though you're under the PHP branch, you still need to apply the abbreviation to an application. Click the "Define" link and check the PHP box.
It was a question of scope for the template, just needed to select the appropriate file types.
Try:
Settings / Emmet and changing the default 'Expand abbreviation with' from tab to say custom
Make sure the context is selected underneath your template text. There is a small 'Change' link there where you set the context. I had to choose all contexts.
I hate to ask such simple questions, but nothing I found so far helped me...
So, I've recently started using IntelliJ instead of Eclipse and there are 2 things that really bothers me...
1.) size of javadoc popup window - ok, so I finally get this little guy to pop-up whenever I need it, but it's so small I have to use scroll every single time... and that's pretty anoying when I'm working with unknown libraries...
2.) tabs == spaces - maybe some of you like this, but I don't... Eclipse was treating tabs as tabs and not spaces... I tried to change settings but with no result... or is that maybe connected with project I'm working on? (meaning, if, at the start of a project, setting were such that tabs == spaces and now changes are not applied to it)
Sorry for stupid question but, as I said, nothing I found so far helped me...
1) Just resize the window with your mouse. It will retain the size the next time it opens. You can also click on the gear icon in the upper right corner and adjust the font size. Again, it will retain the size on subsequent use.
2) I'm assuming you make the change to the "Use Tab Character" option on the "Tabs and Indents" tab for all file types and saved the Code Style. After that, you need to run the Reformat Code action (Ctrl+Alt+L or Code > Reformat Code from the menu or Reformat Code from the context menu (i.e. right-click) in The Project Tool window or Navigation Bar). IDEA retains the previous formatting (so spaces in this case) until you run a reformat on the project (or a part of it).
If you have multiple projects already created, for each one, you will need to go into File > Settings > [Project Settings] > Code Style and set the Scheme (and then do a reformat). While the Scheme definition is saved IDE wide, the scheme to use is set per project (which makes sense since an Apache Open Source project you are working on may have different code style requirements than the projects you do at work vs the ones you do for fun).
Finally, you will also want to go into File > Other Settings > Default Settings > [Template Project Settings] > Code Style and make sure your saved code style scheme (with the use tab option) is set so that new projects use that scheme when they are created.