I wrote feature files in a project in IntelliJ according to the cucumber syntax. This files worked in another computer. I added the cucumber-java jar files and also installed the Gherkin and cucumber plugins, but still feature files aren't recognized as they should be.
What could be the problem?
So i use IntelliJ 2018
1) go to Preference
2)in open tab search "File Types" and search for text
3) in Text inside "Registred Patterns" delete "*.feature"
4) then search Cucumber Scenario and add "*.feature"
Steps I took to get .feature files recognized. I know that you've probably done this already, but it might help checking the steps again. If all fails, you could try to reinstall the plugins.
Created a new Java project
Created a new file with the .feature extension. Because the plugins were not installed, got the message "Plugins supporting *.feature files found." with the option to install the plugins
I didn't use this option because the suggested plugins were not what I wanted (check below image):
Instead, I've opened Settings > Plugins > Browse Repositories and searched for Cucumber for Java
When trying to install this plugin you will be required to accept the installation of Gherkin as well. Make sure that after accepting, both plugins are selected.
Restart IntelliJ and you should see the feature files recognized:
Hope it helps!
After installing plugin if you till face problem as i did, my feature files are not getting recognized because of groovy
therefore I manually set
File>>Settings>>Editor>>File Types
click "cucumber Scenario" and Click + to add .Feature in Recognize Patterns.
First make sure you have cucumber for java installed, if it is installed follow the below stpes,
1) Create a new feature file, like <test.feature> , after file creation a dialog box pops up
2) Select cucumber scenario in form the list and click Ok, there you GO.
Essentially two things are required to get cucumber feature recognized as expected type.
After adding cucumber-java dependency in pom.xml
You have to add Cucumber plugin also from >
Settings>Plugin>MarketPlace>Search for cucumber for Java and install it
This will also ask you to install Gherkin as a Dependency
Select Yes>> Restart ide
Now you have to change file type from settings >> to cucumber scenario.
Note: you wont be getting Cucumber scenario as recognized type until done above installation.
Select cucumber scenario and Add + wildcard for it as-*.feature
I created a new Play Framework project using the activator, activator new my-project-name and then I selected the play-java template and the project is created with no errors.
Then I import the project into my IDE, IntelliJ, as a SBT project. When the project is imported a popup is shown saying: SBT compilation for play framework 2.x disabled by default.
On IntelliJ project's panel it doesn't show all (mostly the files with the code) files. Just a handful of them.
The build.sbt file looks like full of compilation error (pretty much all the lines are red underlined).
Here's the build.sbt file
name := """my-project-name"""
version := "1.0-SNAPSHOT"
lazy val root = (project in file(".")).enablePlugins(PlayJava)
scalaVersion := "2.11.6"
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
javaJdbc,
cache,
javaWs
)
// Play provides two styles of routers, one expects its actions to be injected, the
// other, legacy style, accesses its actions statically.
routesGenerator := InjectedRoutesGenerator
fork in run := true
I can compile and run the code with activator ui with no errors. So, why isn't IntelliJ fully importing the project and it shows me SBT compilation for play framework 2.x disabled by default message?
I googled around and couldn't find any hint related to this so I'm kinda lost here.
EDIT: -------------------------------------
I closed the project on IntelliJ and deleted the project folder. Closed IntelliJ and using activator I created again the same project. Using activator ui I compiled the project. Then I fired up IntelliJ and was prompted to either open a project, create a new one or import a project.
Selected import a project and did the normal "import a project steps" and IntelliJ imported the project with no hassle. But if I try to import the project while with an open project on IntelliJ I get the same problem that lead me to make this question. Maybe this is a bug on IntelliJ?
EDIT 2 ------------------------------------------
The solution to these two problems (the "SBT compilation for play framework 2.x disabled by default" and the files not showing on IntelliJ) can be fixed with user3384225 and DarkShadow answers.
Preferences > Languages & Frameworks > Play2
Under 'Compiler' enable 'Use Play 2 compiler for this project'
I Stumbled upon this problem myself when configuring play framework for IntelliJ IDEA IDE (version: 2017.3). I overcame this problem by following the steps below.
Navigate to:
File --> Settings --> Languages and Frameworks --> Play2 --> Compiler tab
and inside the compiler tab:
put a tick to the Use Play2 compiler for this project
Hope this helped.
Similar answer to user3384225's answer was posted here:
https://devnet.jetbrains.com/message/5560914
They say:
Settings -> Langauges & Frameworks -> Play2 -> Compiler -> User Play 2 compiler for this project
I am also a newbie and was facing the same problem till yesterday. Probably you are trying to open the project through File->open.
Try the steps below:-
File->New->Project from existing source->select the build.sbt from the project you created using the activator->Import project from external model and select SBT from the options->OK.
It will take some time to import files and to create the settings required for intellij idea project.
I am using intellij idea 14.1.5. It worked for me hope it will for you also.
For current projects, you can fix this by using File->Invalidate Caches/Restart..
Most probably you have solved you problem, but just to help others
What you just have to do is -> check the option "Use Play 2 compiler for this project" given under Preferences -> Languages & Frameworks -> Play2 -> Compiler
Close the project and then import the project as sbt project.
Intellij will automatically dump and index the project dependancies.
Stumbled upon the same problem today. Solved by wiping the ~/.IntelliJIdea14 directory. Unfortunately any other things I've tried didn't help.
Just use: File->New->Project from existing source->select the build.sbt from the project you created using the activator->ok.
and it's done.
I am developing an idea plugin, and it is an intellij idea project.
I want to use gradle to manage the dependency.
How to config?
There is now a Gradle plugin for building IntelliJ Platform Plugins. In order to use it, you will need to add the following snippet to your build.gradle file.
plugins {
id "org.jetbrains.intellij" version "0.0.31"
}
apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.intellij'
For more information, please see this guide to help you get started.
Ok, there are multiple ways to create an IntelliJ project, "templates" if you like, and unfortunately you can only pick one of them (IntelliJ plugin or gradle).
Thankfully, it's easy to configure a project for gradle in IntelliJ.
First, create a new project from the IntelliJ Platform Plugin template. You don't need to choose any Additional Libraries and Frameworks. This will give you a project structure including META-INF/plugin.xml and the Project SDK should be something like IDEA IU-129.451.
From here, simply create a new file named build.gradle at the top level of your project, including for example this line:
apply plugin: 'java'
Now, close the project. You can now use File -> Import Project..., choose the build.gradle file that you just created, and import the project. Accept the defaults for importing and hit OK.
The project is now opened with both gradle and intellij plugin enabled!
Notice that the source root src has disappeared and you will need to right click on src in the Project pane and select Mark Directory As -> Source Root.
To prepare the plugin for deployment, there is still the menu option in the Build menu for that - if you want to automate that part via gradle, good luck and please let us know how it's done ;)
I build in maven multiple projects (let's name them A,B,C). Project A uses .jar of project B which uses .jar of project C.
I am modifying the code of all A/B/C projects, (A is MVC app, B are business services and C is some shared layer).
The thing is, in Eclipse/NetBeans I can see all of them at once and it's comfortable to modify them. In IDEA though, I have to open 3 instances (or n instances) of IntelliJ IDEA.
Am I missing something? Is there better approach when using IntelliJ? This is the biggest downside of IntelliJ for me atm.
I think this has improved with recent versions of IntelliJ. In my current version (12.0.2), you can add any number of separate Maven projects to the same "workspace".
The simplest way I've found to do this is to click the little + icon in the "Maven Projects" window (View > Tool Windows > Maven Projects) and then select the additional pom file you want to import.
Step 1: open "Maven Projects"
Step 2: select the project you want to import:
Prequisite
Having all the related projects in the same root directory
can be helpful.
Steps
1) First you create a new Empty project
2) Then you select the root directory of all your projects.
This will create a empty project, with a .idea directory that will simply remember the module organisation we are about to do in the next step
3) Then, in the next window, you import the different projects as modules
4) In the next window, to import each project, simply double click on the build.gradle, or pom.xml
The project will be imported as a new module.
5) Done, you now have all your projects as modules, opened on the same IntelliJ project
Yes, your intuition was good. You shouldn't use three instances of intellij. You can open one Project and add other 'parts' of application as Modules. Add them via project browser, default hotkey is alt+1
In IntelliJ 14.1.2, I did it like following:
Select File->Project Structure->Modules.
Select + and Import Module and select the directory of your project(or directory where pom exists) and click OK.
Follow through the next flow of screens and after you click Finish, you should see the project alongside your existing one.
None of the solutions worked for me, since I am not working on Maven projects. There is a simpler solution. Go to:
File->Project Structure->Modules.
Instead of adding module, simply click the third option (copy). Browse your local directory and select the project you would like to add. Module name will resolve automatically. That's it.
Update: When you want to reopen to project with multiple sub-projects, in order to avoid re-doing steps as described above, just go to
File->Open Recent->'Your Big Project'.
Since macOS Big Sur and IntelliJ IDEA 2020.3.2 you can use "open projects in tabs on macOS Big Sur" feature. To use it, you have to enable this feature in your system settings:
System Preferences -> General -> Prefer tabs [always] when opening documents
After this step, when you will try to open second project in IntelliJ, choose New Window (yes, New Window, not This Window).
It should result with opening new project in same window, but in the new card:
To expand #Neo answer:
after choosing your directory. select import module from external model and choose your model (maven in this case).
Then check keep project files option from next dialog. It will keep all files in original directory.
Your final project structure would be something like this.
Now you can add your module as dependency to other module's pom.xml and if you change the source code of your dependencies, Intellij takes care of updating your project (there is no need to run mvn build manually for dependencies)
new empty project
File -> New -> Module from Existing Sources
For who uses Gradle can also avail the same:
Go to:
1. View --> Tool Windows --> Gradle
2. Click on the + button and add your build.gradle file
Open preference -> appearance & behaviour -> System settings -> select (open project in new window) then apply.
Then you could open and edit multiple projects.
You can use Armory plugin which makes switching between projects comfortable. The default shortcut for Project List is Alt + A.
By default currently opened projects are displayed at the top of this list (with bold style).
Use the button for the add maven projects and go inside the folder of the project. Then, select the pom.xml file and add them in the IntelliJ.
Press "F4" on windows which will open up "Project Structure" and then click "+" icon or "Alt + Insert" to select a new project to be imported; then click OK button...
To Intellij IDEA 2019.2, F4 + click on module, click to + for add any project from your HDD, above this menu yo can edit the IDE with you create the project and more options, very easy
For people not using maven to build and wanting to add a new project (I am using intellij 14.1.3):
Right click the top level folder in the project view, select new ->
Module
Name the module the same name as the project to be added
From the top menu select File->New->Project. Enter the same name as
the new module, same folder locations as well.
Open the Project, and wait for intellij to create the project
structure.
Close this new project, and open the original project the module was
added to in step 2
Depending on your builder, additional steps will be needed to add it to the build process.
For SBT, and in the top level project I modified the Build.scala file to aggregate the new project, and added the project in the SBT projects window. More info on SBT multiproject builds: http://www.scala-sbt.org/0.12.2/docs/Getting-Started/Multi-Project.html
"IntelliJ IDEA 2022.1.1 (Community Edition)" you have to navigate
To Add Exiting Module to same window navigate "File -> New -> Module from Existing Sources" then it will allow you to select pom.xml and then click "Create" button next window then project will be added to your current workspace.
Note :: Who ever switches from Eclipse to Intellij this is the first problem
Assuming they are under the same folder, click File-Open File or Project-<parent folder>.
you can use import module option which will open it just like eclipse in the same navigator.
For IntelliJ Idea 2021.3.3 users, The below solution didn't work for me, although I was selecting my project main folder, I've gotten only the main and test folders imported!
Peoject Structure => Modules => Import module
The solution is:
view => tool Windows => Maven => click the + icon => add the project POM.xml file
I am new to maven and did not understand how I could work with local maven project added through Viktor Nordling's answer and still have a proper dependency in pom.xml file. The answer is simple: intellij first looks at your locally added module and if it doesn't find one it goes to get the project remotely. You can check this by looking at "external libraries" under your project browser when you add or remove maven module.
Hope this helps anyone.
As of release 2019.2, this is as easy as File->Attach Project.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
See: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-7968
After importing project into IntelliJ, Go to pom.xml of each module -> right click -> Click on Add as Moven Project. It will add the module as Moven project, do this for all the modules in the Project. Refer this
In our project we are using jaxb2-maven-plugin to generate Java source code from XML Schema, which causes that our Maven module requires additional source code directory (in our case target/generated/main/java). Up to date I've been using Eclipse and maven-eclipse-plugin to import all the projects into Eclipse workspace. The plugin is (somehow) able to add the directory with generated source code automatically to Eclipse' .classpath file.
Recently I try to switch to (play with?) IntelliJ IDEA 9 (so I am a newbie in this environment) and I've noticed that additional source directory is not added during IDEA's importing process...
Is there any way I can configure IDEA/Maven to make importing directory with generated source code automatically?
The convention with Maven is to generate code in target/generated-sources/<tool>, for example target/generated-sources/jaxb2
Follow this convention and IDEA will add the folder as source folder (see IDEA-53198).
Generated code, using jaxb2-maven-plugin, was missing for me in Intellij 2017.1 whereas Eclipse Neon created it.
Fixed it from context menu of module by selecting 'Maven -> Generate Sources and Update Folders'.
Try with maven-jaxb2-plugin. If it does not work then it's IDEA problem.
In Maven you can add new source roots per configuration. Maven plugins can do this programmatically. This is for sure the case with maven-jaxb2-plugin. Then, if IDEA does not recognize it, then it's a problem on that side.
You can use the Maven Build Helper Plugin. It is located at http://www.mojohaus.org/build-helper-maven-plugin/
It allows to configure additional source roots. And the maven integration of IntelliJ will add the new source root. We are using this feature in quite a few builds and it works just fine. Tested with vers. 13 of IntelliJ IDEA.