Inspections

General profiles options

Item	Description
Profile	From this drop-down list, select the name of the profile to configure.
Add	Click this button to add a new profile. The profile is created based on the default profile.
Copy	Click this button to create a new profile based on the current profile.
Delete	Click this button to delete the selected profile.
Import	Click this button to import the profile from an xml file.
Export	Click this button to export the selected profile as an xml file.
Activate	Click this button to activate the selected profile. The active profile is applied to the project files, thus if you need to switch to another profile, you need to activate it. If this button is disabled, that means the selected profile is active now, or defined as IDE-level profile. Note If you modify inactive profile and then click OK, or Apply, your changes are saved, but profile does not become active.
Share profile	Select this check box to make the selected profile available for your team, i.e to make it the project-level profile. If you create IDE-level profile for your own purposes, clear this check box.

Item	Shortcut	Description
	Ctrl+Add Command Add or Ctrl+Equals Command Equals	Click this button to have all inspection nodes expanded.
	Ctrl+Subtract Command Subtract or Ctrl+Minus Command Minus	Click this button to have all inspection nodes collapsed.
	Ctrl+RCommand R	Click this button to abandon the modifications and have the current profile reset to defaults.
		Click this button to have all the check boxes of the profile cleared and thus disable all the profile inspections.
		Click this button to lock the current profile and prevent any changes to it if IntelliJ IDEA is updated and new inspections appear. You can only change such profile manually.

Item	Shortcut	Description
	InsertInsert	Click this button to specify the scope for the selected inspection. Note If an inspection is enabled and no scope is specified for it, the inspection is applied to all project sources.
	DeleteDelete	Click this button to delete the selected scope for the current inspection.
		Use these buttons to arrange the order of scopes for the selected inspection.

Item	Description
	Use this text box to search through the list of inspections. As you type a search string, the matching inspections are highlighted. To finalize the search, press EnterEnter. The used search strings are memorized in the history list.
	Click this button to clear the search history.

Item	Description
Description	This read-only field shows the description of the selected inspection.
Options	Use the controls in this area to configure the inspection severity, and the other options, if they are available. Severity - from this drop-down list, select the desired severity to assign to the current inspection. The default options are: As typo As server problem As info As warning As error - click this button to open the Severities Editor dialog box, where you can change the color scheme of the selected severity, add and delete severity levels, and change their priority by re-arranging them in the list. Additional options for individual inspections. Note This area is only available when the check box next to the desired inspection is selected.

Item

Description

This read-only field shows the description of the selected inspection.

Options

Use the controls in this area to configure the inspection severity, and the other options, if they are available.

Severity - from this drop-down list, select the desired severity to assign to the current inspection. The default options are:
- As typo
- As server problem
- As info
- As warning
- As error
- click this button to open the Severities Editor dialog box, where you can change the color scheme of the selected severity, add and delete severity levels, and change their priority by re-arranging them in the list.
Additional options for individual inspections.

Note

This area is only available when the check box next to the desired inspection is selected.