Intention actions

Apply intention actions

1. Place the caret at the code element that you want to modify. Then click the light bulb icon (or press Alt+Enter) to open the list of suggestions.

   Intention preview opens automatically. If an intention is complex, and the preview cannot be generated, you will see the intention description. Hover over available intentions on the suggestion list to preview them.

2. Press Enter or click an intention on the list to apply it.

   For example, you can use an intention action to flip an if...else statement:

You can toggle the preview off and on by pressing Ctrl+Q or by enabling Show preview for intention actions when available in Settings (Ctrl+Alt+S) | Editor | General | Appearance.

Apply quick-fixes

1. Hover over an error or a warning in the code. WebStorm displays an inspection tooltip and shows the first available fix right next to the description of the problem.

   

2. To apply the suggested fix, press Alt+Shift+Enter.

3. To see the usual popup with all the available quick fixes and intention actions, press Alt+Enter.

   

Assign shortcuts to context actions

If you want to apply intention actions quicker, you can assign shortcuts to them. Currently, you cannot assign shortcuts to fixes that belong to code inspections.

1. In the editor, place the caret at the code that triggers the intention action for which you want to assign a shortcut, and click the bulb icon or press Alt+Enter.

   A list of available suggestions opens.

2. In the list, click next to the necessary intention action and, from the menu that opens, select Assign shortcut.

3. When the Keyboard Shortcut dialog opens, press the shortcut that you want to use for this action and click OK.

After that you won't need to open the list of suggestions to apply this intention action in the editor; you will be able to do it right away by pressing the configured shortcut.

You can find all your custom intention action shortcuts in settings: press Ctrl+Alt+S, click Keymap, and locate the Intentions category.

View all intention actions

You can view the full list of available intention actions, and disable actions that you don't need at the moment. To open the list of intention actions:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and then select Editor | Intentions.

2. For each intention action, you can see a description and an example. To disable an intention, clear the checkbox next to it.

   

3. Apply the changes and close the dialog.

Disable intention actions on the fly

1. Place the caret at the code element that you want to modify. Then click the light bulb icon (or press Alt+Enter) to open the list of suggestions.

2. Select the action you want to disable, click the right arrow next to it, and then click Disable <intention action name>.

   

Disable the intention action bulb icon

Do the following to hide the intention action icon and the quick-fix icon in the editor:

1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and then select Editor | General | Appearance.

2. Clear the Show intention bulb checkbox.

3. Apply the changes and close the dialog.