PhpStorm 2022.3 Help

Disabling and enabling inspections

Some inspections may report problems that you currently do not want to see. In this case, you can disable or suppress them.

When you disable an inspection, you turn it off. It means that the code analysis engine stops searching project files for the problem that this inspection is designed to detect. Note that when you disable an inspection, you disable it in the current inspection profile; it remains enabled in other profiles.

Disable inspections

Disable an inspection in the settings

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and select Editor | Inspections.

  2. Locate the inspection you want to disable, and clear the checkbox next to it.

  3. Apply the changes and close the dialog.

You can quickly disable a triggered inspection directly in the editor.

Disable an inspection in the editor

  1. Place the caret at the highlighted line and press Alt+Enter (or click the Intention action icon to use the intention action).

  2. Click the arrow next to the inspection you want to disable, and select Disable inspection.

Disabling inspections in the Problems tool window

  1. In the Inspection Results tool window (after running code analysis), right-click the inspection you want to disable and select Disable inspection.

  2. Click the Filter resolved items icon to hide the disabled inspection alerts.

Re-enable inspections

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and select Editor | Inspections.

    You can also press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H and select Configure Inspections.

  2. Locate the disabled inspection in the list and select the checkbox next to it.

    Modified inspections are written in blue. You can also click the Filter Inspection button and select Show Only Modified Inspections to display only the inspections with changed settings.

  3. Click OK to apply the changes.

Suppress inspections

When you suppress an inspection, the code analysis engine doesn't highlight the problem found by this inspection in the specific piece of code (class, method, property, or statement). You can suppress an inspection in entire JavaScript and TypeScript classes and files. In HTML and Vue.js, an inspection can be also suppressed in the whole file.

Suppress an inspection in the editor

  1. Place the caret at the highlighted line and press Alt+Enter (or click the Intention action icon to use the intention action).

  2. Click the arrow next to the inspection you want to suppress, and select the necessary suppress action.

    Suppressing an inspection

    You can suppress an inspection in an entire TypeScript or JavaScript class or file.

    Suppress an inspection in a JavaScript class

    In Html and Vue.js you can suppress an inspection inside the current tag, or on the whole file, or even suppress all inspections in the current file.

    Suppress inspection in the editor (Vue.js and Html

    In Style Sheets, an inspection can be suppressed in the current statement or in the current ruleset. You can also suppress all inspections in a ruleset.

    Suppress inspections in Style Sheets

Suppress an inspection in the Inspection Results tool window

  • In the Inspection Results tool window (after running code analysis), right-click the inspection you want to suppress and select the necessary suppress action.

Enable suppressed inspections

When you suppress an inspection, the IDE adds the /** @noinspection */ annotation before the selected symbol. For example, if you suppress an inspection for a method, PhpStorm adds the annotation before this method.

  • To re-enable a suppressed inspection, delete the /** @noinspection */ annotation.

    The -- noinspection annotation before a statement

Disable highlighting, but keep the fix

Inspections have severities according to which they highlight code problems in the editor. You can quickly disable code highlighting for an inspection without opening the settings. In this case, the inspection remains enabled and provides a fix, but the severity changes to No highlighting (fix available).

  1. Place the caret at a code element highlighted by an inspection in the editor and press Alt+Enter.

    A list with available fixes and context actions opens. Locate the inspection fix that is marked with Intention action icon.

  2. Click the right arrow Platform impl general chevron right next to the fix to open the inspection's options and select Disable highlighting, keep fix.

    Disable highlighting, keep the fix

The name of the inspection for which you are changing the severity is written above the inspection's options.

If you want to restore the highlighting, press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and select Editor | Inspections. Find the necessary inspection in the list and change its severity as you like. For more information, refer to Change inspection severity in all scopes.

Change the highlighting level for a file

  • By default, PhpStorm highlights all detected code problems. Hover the mouse over the widget in top-right corner of the editor and select another level from the Highlight list:

    • None: turn highlighting off.

    • Syntax: highlight syntax problems only.

    • All Problems: (default) highlight syntax problems and problems found by inspections.

    Changing highlighting level for a file

  • You can also change the highlighting level from the main menu. Select or press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H.

Last modified: 10 February 2023
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