Interface

Interface

Tips and tricks for modifying the IDE interface.

You can configure our IDEs in a number of different ways to suit your requirements.

Tour of a Gradle project

Part of tutorial

Tour of a Gradle project
Take a look around a standard Gradle project to understand it better.
Create an Editor Fold

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Create an Editor Fold
Create an editor fold to hide parts of your class which can make it more readable.
Download a JDK

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Download a JDK
Download or Associate a JDK With Your Project.
Running and Stopping a Process

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Running and Stopping a Process
How to run and terminate/stop a process from your toolbar.
Quick Documentation

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Quick Documentation
Pull up Quick Documentation in the editor any time you need to.
Type Information

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Type Information
Pull up Type Information for an expression
Toggle Rendered View

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Toggle Rendered View
Toggle rendered view for one or all Javadoc comments.
Split and move right

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Split and move right
View two files side by side
Run Anything

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Run Anything
How to use the Run Anything dialog to run, well, anything!
Tabless UI in any JetBrains IDE

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Tabless UI in any JetBrains IDE
Configure your editor tabs to optimize your coding environment.
Run Anything

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Run Anything
Launch run/debug configurations, applications, scripts, commands, tasks, and open recent projects.
New Line

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New Line
Start a new line below or above your current line with the correct indentation.
In Editor Doc Rendering

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In Editor Doc Rendering
You can render Javadocs directly in the editor including HTML tags, images and links.
Manage VCS Changelists in IntelliJ IDEA

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Manage VCS Changelists in IntelliJ IDEA
Group and commit changes related to certain tasks so you have a cleaner commit history.
Complete Statement

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Complete Statement
Complete statement can add your semicolons, brackets and manage caret placement for you.
Search Everywhere

Playlist

Search Everywhere
Tips for using one of the most helpful shortcuts in the IDE.
Type Into Any Dialog to Search

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Type Into Any Dialog to Search
You can start typing into a dialog box to search, even if there's not a textual search box available.
Using the IDE Feature Trainer.

Tutorial

Using the IDE Feature Trainer.
Learning new things in the IDE
Drag and Dock Editor Tabs

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Drag and Dock Editor Tabs
You can move editor tabs around as required to suit your needs.
Exclude a Completion Option

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Exclude a Completion Option
Helps to reduce options that are not relevant for your code.
IntelliJ IDEA Welcome Screen

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IntelliJ IDEA Welcome Screen
Get a project from source control, open an existing project, or create a new project.