Project and IDE Preferences
In this topic:
Overview
There are two types of settings that define your preferred environment:
- Project Settings, that apply to a specific project. They are marked with in the Settings/Preferences dialog.
- IDE Settings, that are common for all projects and refer to the project-independent aspects.
Project Settings
Project settings are stored with each specific project as a set of xml
files under the .idea
folder. If you specify the default project settings, these settings will be automatically used for each newly created project.
The settings that pertain to a project, are marked with the icon in the Settings/Preferences dialog.
IDE Settings
IDE settings are stored in the dedicated directories under CLion home directory. The CLion directory name is composed of the product name and version.
For example:
- Windows
-
<User home>\.\config
that contains user-specific settings.<User home>\.\system
that stores CLion data caches.
<User home>
in WindowsXP isC:\Documents and Settings\<User name>\
; in Windows Vista it isC:\Users\<User name>\
- Linux
- macOS
Locations of directories
The config
directory has several subfolders that contain xml files with your personal settings. You can easily share your preferred keymaps, color schemes, etc. by copying these files into the corresponding folders on another CLion installation. Prior to copying, make sure that CLion is not running, because it can erase the newly transferred files before shutting down.
The following is the list of some of the subfolders under the config
folder, and the settings contained therein.
Folder name | User Settings |
---|---|
codestyles | Contains code style schemes. |
colors | Contains editor colors and fonts customization schemes. |
filetypes | Contains user-defined file types. |
inspection | Contains code inspection profiles. |
keymaps | Contains CLion keyboard shortcuts customizations. |
options | Contains various options, for example, feature usage statistics and macros. |
templates | Contains user-defined live templates. |
tools | Contains configuration files for the user-defined external tools. |
shelf | Contains shelved changes. |
Locations of the config
, system
, plugins
directories can be modified in idea.properties
file.
CLion makes it possible to change *.vmoptions
and idea.properties
files without editing them in the CLion installation folder.
To create an empty idea.properties
file or to copy *.vmoptions
file, choose the or on the main menu respectively. Refer to the menu items description for details.
To learn how to change the idea.properties
file, read the section File 'idea.properties'.