IntelliJ IDEA 2019.1 Help

Project Name and Location

Specify the project name, location and, if available, related settings.

Item

Description

Project name

Specify the project name.

Project location

Specify the path to the directory in which you want to create the project. (By default, a directory having the same name as the project is created.)

You can click browseButton (Shift+Enter) and select the necessary directory in the dialog that opens. (You can create a new directory in that dialog, e.g. by using icons actions newFolder svg.)

More Settings

Click the arrow (arrow right show settings or icons actions down) to show or hide additional settings. Mainly, these are the settings for the module to be created (discussed below).

Note that in certain cases those additional settings are unavailable.

Module name

Specify the module name.

By default, the project name is used. If you accept this and other default module settings, the project folder will act as the module content root folder.

If you change the default module name, IntelliJ IDEA will suggest a new folder (within the project folder) as the module content root folder.

Content root

Specify the path to the module content root folder. (This is where all the files that make up you module will be stored; for more information, see Content roots.) The default path is recommended.

To use a different folder, click browseButton (Shift+Enter) and select the necessary folder in the dialog that opens. (You can create a new folder in that dialog, e.g. by using icons actions newFolder svg.)

Module file location

Specify the path to the folder where the iml module file should be created.

By default, this file is created in the module content root folder (recommended).

To use a different folder, click browseButton (Shift+Enter) and select the necessary folder in the dialog that opens. (You can create a new folder in that dialog, e.g. by using icons actions newFolder svg.)

Project format

Select the project format to be used. (The .idea directory-based format is recommended).

Last modified: 20 June 2019