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Sticky lines

Last modified: 03 July 2024

The sticky lines (or sticky scroll) feature enhances your coding experience by maintaining the visibility of parent elements as you scroll through the file, offering immediate context to your code. In a file with a complex hierarchy of classes and methods, this feature ensures that the signature of the currently viewed method and its containing classes always remain at the top of the editor.

You can also click any of the sticky lines to scroll the editor to the corresponding declaration.

IntelliJ IDEA: Sticky lines in the editor

By default, the maximum number of sticky lines is set to 5.

Configure number of sticky lines

  • Press CtrlAlt0S to open settings and then select Editor | General | Appearance.

Next to the Show sticky lines while scrolling checkbox, enter the desired number of sticky lines.

Disable sticky lines

By default, the Show sticky lines feature is enabled.

Disable sticky lines

  • Right-click the sticky lines in the editor and click Disable Sticky Lines.

    Disable sticky lines

  • Right-click the gutter, select Appearance, and then deselect Show Sticky Lines.

    Disable sticky lines from the gutter

  • Press CtrlAlt0S to open settings and then select Editor | General | Appearance. Clear the Show sticky lines while scrolling checkbox.

Change sticky lines color settings

  • Press CtrlAlt0S to open settings and then select Editor | Color Schemes | General | Editor | Sticky Lines. Edit the color for the background, border, or hovered state.

    Sticky lines color scheme settings