How to disable the gap I've pointed to?
Or, at least, change its' color to the same as the editor area.
Distraction free mode works not as I want to.
Gutter background color can be changed here:
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in Intellij Idea on mac, I wanted to remove the extra lint warning yellow marker lines from the scrollbar (still wanted to keep the red & green markers), but upon applying, ALL lines disappeared, so I reenabled all warnings (in editor->inspections) but still nothing on the scrollbar.
How do I get those warnings back?
PS: I should mention the scrollbar is now transparent such that it overlays the code window. It wasn't before so I think resetting that might fix the problem
You can restore to defaults by clicking the cog icon like down below.
It's important to check the Stripe Mark Settings in the Color Scheme. Stripe Marks are responsible for the little colored boxes in the vertical scrollbar of the Editor.
I started using the PhpStorm IDE.
I found the perfect mode for coding called Zen Mode.
But I have one point to make about this. Its left border is so wide. How can I change this?
In Zen / Distraction Free mode the code is kind of centred (hence that big gap on the left: it gets bigger on a wider screen). It is by design. You may want to use Full Screen mode instead. https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/2021.1/ide-viewing-modes.html
You may also want to check these links for some tips on how to customize your IDE:
https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2020/04/ui-secrets-customize-the-appearance-of-intellij-idea/
https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2021/02/find-your-visual-zen/
https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/2021.1/tool-windows.html
Regarding the editor gutter width in general: see IDEA-148002 and check the comments and linked tickets there.
How can I remove this light green color on the side of the gutter in IntelliJ? It's right next to the tear line. It's really distracting me.
The green background color in the gutter are indicators for version control. Green means those lines have been added. You can disable VCS all together (and manage it from command line for example). But you can also tweak or disable the appearance. Here is how:
Go to settings / preferences -> Editor -> Color Scheme -> VCS and open the editor gutter settings. Open each individual sub-item and untick the checkbox next to background.
I am using Intellij Idea 14.1.3 on Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.3. Often, while debugging, I want to introduce a break point by clicking on the left margin (called the 'gutter' in Intellij). The problem is that on many lines, there is no space to click. No matter how I try, the click happens on an icon already present ... which is not what I want to do. Attached a screenshot to show this
How can I increase the gutter width so that there is some empty space even where the little green override symbols are present?
It doesn't seem there is a way to configure the gutter size, it just resizes dynamically. I'd suggest raising an issue in the issue tracker.
As a workaround you can set a breakpoint on any line via the editor window. Set the caret on the line to stop at, and press ⌘+F8 (on a Mac).
This appears to be fixed in some future release of IntelliJ:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-137353#tab=History
I use both these IDE's and my only annoyance is the size of the toolbar icons - they're too small for me. Is there any way to increase the size? I've poked around, and I haven't found a way to assign an icon larger than about 20x20.
The simplest way to fix this is to go into Settings --> Appearance & Behavior Appearance.
Then check the box "Override default fonts by (not recommended):
Name: <"set your font"> Size: <"set your size">
This will increase the font sizes and icon toolbar sizes. This works well for HiDPI displays.
I'm afraid there is no way to do it.
Note that many developers prefer to disable the toolbar completely to save the vertical screen space. It doesn't provide a lot of useful features and everything that it offers can be accessed via keyboard shortcuts.
Don't know the shortcut? Not a problem at all, use Help | Find Action (Ctrl+Shift+A).
Under Linux, the icons are undersized. I fixed this by installing the JB JRE here.
Try to use this plugin. It has an option "Bigger Icons"
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10044-atom-material-icons
You can use icon 23x23px. This is max size.
Settings --> Appearance & Behavior Appearance. and again Appearance.
Here it is shown where to look.