This feature is supported in the Ultimate edition only.
The following is only valid when Ruby Plugin is installed and enabled!
Prerequisites
- In Rails applications, Rake tasks are recognized when placed in
.rakefiles underlib/tasksdirectory, or in Rakefile. - In plain Ruby applications, Rake tasks are recognized when placed in Rakefile.
Rake support
Rake support in IntelliJ IDEA includes:
- Syntax and error highlighting.
- Structure view that shows the structure of a Rake task opened in the editor.

- Possibility to create and run Rake tasks.
- Available Rake tasks appear in the Go to Symbol suggestion list.
