Configuring Project and IDE Settings

This part suggests descriptions of some basic procedures related to customizing your working environment:

• Accessing Default Settings
• Accessing Settings
• Configuring Code Style
• Configuring Colors and Fonts
• Configuring Encoding for Properties Files
• Configuring Individual File Encoding
• Configuring Keyboard Shortcuts
• Configuring Line Separators
• Configuring Menus and Toolbars
• Configuring Quick Lists
• Configuring Scopes and File Colors
• Configuring Third-Party Tools
• Copying Code Style Settings
• Creating and Registering File Types
• Exporting and Importing Settings
• Sharing Your IDE Settings
• Switching Between Schemes

Project settings refer to a set of preferences related to resources, file colors, version control options, code styles, etc. Project settings are stored with each specific project as a set of xml files under the .idea folder.

You can configure project settings on the two possible levels:

• The level of a template project. The settings defined for a template project, apply to any project you create.
• The project level. The settings defined on this level apply to the current project only.

In this part:

• Accessing Default Settings
• Accessing Settings
• Configuring Code Style
• Configuring Colors and Fonts
• Configuring Encoding for Properties Files
• Configuring Individual File Encoding
• Configuring Keyboard Shortcuts
• Configuring Line Separators
• Configuring Menus and Toolbars
• Configuring Quick Lists
• Configuring Scopes and File Colors
• Configuring Third-Party Tools
• Copying Code Style Settings
• Creating and Registering File Types
• Exporting and Importing Settings
• Sharing Your IDE Settings
• Switching Between Schemes

Find descriptions of the other specific configuration procedures in the relevant procedural parts.

Find descriptions of the other specific configuration procedures in the relevant procedural parts.