Look at this picture, I should open the Structure window every time in Intellij Idea whenever I want to know methods in the class.
Is there a simple way or shortcut to show methods quicky what like CTRL + O in Eclipse.
Ctrl+F12 should pop up a member list. It will respond to text input to search/filter, too.
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Everyone knows that when you select some text in IntelliJ and press Ctrl+w your selection is expanded.
However,
you're kinda stuck on the presets for this:
when you have following code:
<a4j:commandButton execute="#form" render="tableProperties"
value="#{cjr_main.addExtractType}"
action="#{ExtractTypesBean.addExtractType()}"
styleClass="bigButton"
oncomplete="setLineAdded();"/>
and "Line" is selected but the method setLineAdded() is not yet defined you'd want "setLineAdded()" to be selected after hitting ctrl+w a couple of times.
However
Once "setLineAdded" is selected, and you press ctrl + w the whole tag is selected in stead of the accompanying "()"'s...
Is there a way to get this behavior?
(without writing a whole IntelliJ plugin just for this?)
best regards,
S.
No, the behavior of extend selection is controlled by code and is not configurable by users. You can indeed write a plugin to change the behavior.
In Eclipse I could hit Ctrl+O and get a popup which I could use to get an overview of everything in the current class, pick an entry, and jump to it.
In idea, there is Alt+7, but I have a few issues with it. First, the keyboard doesn't seem to put its focus there. I have to take my hand off the keyboard and use the mouse to place the focus on the Structure dock.
I also don't like how it's taking up real estate. I don't want to change how things are laid out if I want to see the structure. I would like a more non-invasive popup, and handier and snappier.
Is there another feature that gives me quick access in the form of a popup preferably, like Ctrl+O provides in Eclipse?
Another nice feature would be to be able to use the J and K keys to move up and down the selection, instead of having to use the cursor keys. I'm using IdeaVim, so the normal workflow when editing files, is that both hands stay in a touch-type position. It would be nice if I can use the various navigation features also using vim keys...
Perhaps there is a way to enable this, that I haven't discovered yet?
IntelliJ equivalent of Eclipse's CTRL+O is CTRL+F12 (⌘+F12 on Mac), which will give you more or less the same pop-up as in Eclipse. But I'm not sure if it can be navigated using j and k keys.
More details can be found in the IntelliJ help.
I just moved to IntelliJ from Eclipse. I know how to get call hierarchy for methods (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+H), however, I can't get call hierarchy for classes (not type hierarchy), when I press Ctrl+Alt+H on the class name, nothing happened, when I use navigate->call hierarchy, the menu entry cannot be clicked (gray color). I need to know where the class gets called/initialized. This cool feature is in Eclipse, so I think IntelliJ also has this too.
You should be able to do the call hierarchy on a constructor. Alternatively, I've always found a usage search more useful than the call hierarchy.
Press Alt+F7 on a class, method, or field or right click and select "Find Usages". The results are categorized (new instance creation, type parameter, import, etc) so it's extremely simple to find what you're looking for.
I'm looking for a generate method from usage. IntelliJ supports extract, rename etc. But if i write, for instance, $this->new_method($a) i would like to quickly generate this method in the same class. Does this exist or maybe there is a plugin for it?
Thanks for any help
Place cursor on non existing method
Alt + Enter (or wait and click on light bulb)
Choose Add method from submenu.
In our code base there are a few very long methods (several pages worth of code). When reading the code, it would sometimes be good to be able to see the name of the method the current line belongs to, without paging up to the beginning of the method. Is this possible in Intellij IDEA? I am using Intellij IDEA 7.0.3.
You can use View | Context Info (Alt+Q, Ctrl+Shift+Q on Macs). It will display a pop-up on the top of the editor with the current context information (class/method signature).
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This is shown by default at the bottom.
Unfortunately, the method is shown only by name (not including the parameters). If a method is overloaded you won't know for sure where you are.
If you want to move it from bottom to top, go to File > Settings... > Editor > General > Breadcrumbs > check Top:
In the structure panel select the "Autoscroll from source" option.
This way when you place the cursor inside any method the structure panel will show which method you're in.
Intellij now has support for breadcrumbs. Go to settings > appearance and tick "Show breadcrumbs". In this way you can view class/method name without Alt+Q.
For some reason (Alt-Q) wasn't consistent in Android Studio for me. I find (Ctrl-F12) to be pretty satisfactory for this purpose (Navigate|File Structure) though it can be a little laggy in larger files. And by pressing the hotkey again it will populate the list with all the inherited methods as well.