Accessing Settings

To open the Settings / Preferences dialog

Do one of the following:

• Press Ctrl+Alt+S.
• On the main toolbar, click .
• On the main menu, choose: File | Settings
• Press Ctrl+Shift+A, type settings and press Enter. See Navigating to Action.
• Click  in the upper-right corner of the IntelliJ IDEA window, and type settings . 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.