Note that this section refers to JavaScript, Java, Python and the other languages that have special beginning of documentation comments.

This section does not refer to Ruby.

Enabling documentation comments

  1. Open the Editor | General | Smart Keys page of IntelliJ IDEA preferences (Ctrl+Alt+S) .
  2. In the Enter section, select or clear Insert documentation comment stub check box.
  3. The following is only valid when Python Plugin is installed and enabled!

    For Python, scroll to the Insert type placeholders in the documentation comment stub option and select or clear the check box as required. Refer to the option description for details.