To open the Settings / Preferences dialog

Do one of the following:

  • Press ⌘, or ⌘,⌘, or ⌘,⌘, or ⌘,⌥ F7, ⌥F7 or ⌥F7^ ⌥ S, ⌃⌥S or ⌃⌥S.
  • On the main toolbar, click settings.
  • On the main menu, choose: IntelliJ IDEA | Preferences
  • Press ⇧⌘A or ⇧⌘A⇧⌘A or ⇧⌘A⌘3 or ⌘3^ ⇧ A, ⌃⇧A or ⌃⇧A^ ⇧ A, ⌃⇧A or ⌃⇧A, type preferences and press ⏎ or ⏎⏎ or ⏎⏎ or ⏎Enter, ⏎ or ⏎Enter, ^ M, ⏎, ⌃M, ⏎ or ⌃M. See Navigating to Action.
  • Click search_everywhere in the upper-right corner of the IntelliJ IDEA window, and type preferences. See Searching Everywhere.

To quickly find an option or setting

  1. Open the Settings / Preferences dialog.
  2. In the search field, start typing the text that you expect to find in the name of the setting. As soon as the specified text is found, the matching element is highlighted and the corresponding page is displayed.

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