Editing
Edit your code quickly and efficiently.
With IntelliJ IDEA, you can edit your code quickly and efficiently with a range of shortcuts to help you.
Add Names to Call Arguments in Kotlin (tip)
Use quick intentions to add names to call arguments
Add Remaining Branches in Kotlin (tip)
Use quick intentions to generate code automatically
Adjust Code Style (tip)
Use quick intentions to adjust your code
Alt+Enter (tip)
Context Actions are available from most places in the code.
Code Selection (tip)
Selecting code by scope
Convert class to record (tip)
Use inspections to convert classes to Java 16 records
Convert from Record (tip)
Use quick intentions to convert a record to a class
Copy to, or create a Scratch File (tip)
Scratch files persist across all versions of IntelliJ IDEA
Create New Class (tip)
Quickly add new classes to your project
Create an Editor Fold (tip)
Create an editor fold to hide parts of your class
Enable Soft Wrap (tip)
Using soft-wraps makes some languages easier to display
Evaluate JSON Path expressions (tip)
Use IntelliJ IDEA to check if your JSON Path expression are correct.
F2 (tip)
Quickly move to the next (or previous) error or warning in the file.
Find Next Word (tip)
Find next word and highlight all instances
Generate Overrides for equals(), hashCode() and toString() (tip)
We can generate the code to override the equals and hashCode methods
Generate constructors and accessor methods (tip)
We can quickly generate common code constructs such as Constructors and Get and Set methods
Highlight code and surround it with brackets or quotes (tip)
Surround code with brackets and quotes
Join Lines (tip)
Join lines of code together
Kotlin Code Completion (tip)
Use code and statement completion to write code faster
Live Templates (tip)
Use Live Templates to auto-complete common code structures for you
Move Line (tip)
Move a line throughout your class
Move Statement (tip)
Move a statement around within your method
Paste a clipboard image file into markdown (tip)
You can paste a PNG image from the clipboard directly into a markdown file
Paste a clipboard image onto the Project Window (tip)
If you have an image on your clipboard you can paste it straight into the Project Window
Postfix Completion (tip)
Postfix completion allows you to keep typing forwards, it minimises the amount of time you spend moving the cursor around while you're coding.
Put Kotlin Arguments on Separate Lines (tip)
Use quick intentions to improve the readability of your code
Remove Explicit Type in Kotlin (tip)
Use quick intentions to remove explicit types
Resolve Merge Conflicts in VCS (tip)
Use VCS options in IntelliJ IDEA to resolve merge conflicts visually in the editor
Run in Current Context (tip)
Run just a file or a script
Show Virtual Whitespace (tip)
Add virtual whitespace to the bottom of a file
Smart Completion (tip)
Get type aware completion in your code