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I have recently started to use IntelliJ Idea as my text editor and integrated it into my creative process.

As I am a software developer, IntelliJ IDE is, for me, a must. IDE is in front of me opened all the time. Therefore it is a chance for me to write a lot of content in the IDE. It is a better choice to use IDE instead of switching to another text editor or using another means of word processing.

Since I am also aiming to work on several articles or documents simultaneously, every decrease in ambiguity and complexity counts towards faster results. The creative process is not possible to automatize. But what it is possible to automatize are redundant tasks during text handling and editing.

Why turn IntelliJ Idea IDE into your word processor?

First of all, IntelliJ Idea IDE already comes in its 2020 version with very, very good support for English vocabulary. So writing in English in IDE was never easier than now.

Plus, when implementing the advantage of multiple IntelliJ shortcuts, the word processing is swift. Especially if you write your text in .html, .adoc or .md format.

Overall, IntelliJ IDE comes in all versions with Git support, which is an additional advantage against traditional word processors. You can easily version your articles’ state and keep a history of your edits in one place. Article versioning is a feature that is available only in very advanced mode in cloud SaaS.

However, what I have found very tedious was text formatting in IntelliJ. As expected, I was using IntelliJ Idea IDE for coding, mostly Java, and thus the text was supposed to be wrapped automatically after 120 characters. When I then copied my articles to other word processors in my pipelines, such as Microsoft Word or Grammarly, I always needed painfully deleted every single break line to make a single continuous line of text. That was also one of the most common mistakes I had after publishing articles through WordPress – linebreaks were always in places where they should not be.

After enough time spent doing this pointless work, fixing many wrong break lines, I have decided to end it and figure out how to speed up the process. Because every second I spend editing an article is second, I could use it towards another article’s creative process.

How to turn IntelliJ Idea into text editor?

First of all, go to Settings > Editor > General and check all checkboxes in Soft Wraps section.

Then go to Settings > Code Style and select Scheme Project. Here unselect the checkbox “Wrap on typing”.

I would recommend this change be saved under the current project scheme, not under the IDE scheme. If you are using the same IntelliJ for coding, wrapping will conflict with your code clarity if you save the change under the IDE scheme.

Hit Apply button to apply all the changes.

Initialize soft-wrap in IntelliJ code editor

In the active editor tab, on the left side of the text line panel, after the right-click, there is an option soft-wrap to initiate the wrapping. Soft-wrap is not initialized automatically on every new file open. Therefore you will need to initialize soft-wrap on every new file open.

Tip for shortcut

When you open a new file, the text is, by default, unwrapped. You can either right-click on the newly opened line meter on the left side and hit Soft-Wrap from the menu option. Or you can set up a special shortcut for soft-wrapping, while the shortcut is not set by default.

To set up your shortcut, go to File > Settings > Keymap and search for “Soft-Wrap” in Main Menu > View > Active Editor. Add to action key shortcut. I personally use Alt + P key shortcut. That is not a conflicting key shortcut with keys combinations easy to remember.

These are my must-have settings tweaks for IntelliJ IDEA, mixed with some useful tips. However, I recommend going through all the preferences in the Settings Dialog yourself. You probably don’t even know about some problems the IDE can solve for you when adjusted correctly.

Check out my config-files for more IDEA settings.

Table of contents:

How to change settings

There are several ways to change settings in IntelliJ IDEA.

To open the Settings Dialog, select «File» → «Settings…» or use the Ctrl + Alt + S shortcut. You can then navigate through the settings in the left panel. Speed up the search by using quick find — simply type part of the setting name.

Sometimes you don’t even need to open the settings dialog. Press Ctrl + Shift + A and type the setting name. If it’s a checkbox option, you can press Return to toggle the setting — effective immediately!

Finally, some settings are only applied to the current project, e.g. the JavaScript language level. To customize default project settings, go to «File» → «Other Settings» → «Default settings…».

Show current IDEA memory usage in the status bar

☑ Appearance & Behavior → Appearance → Show memory indicator

Activate this option to show the current IDE heap level and memory usage in the lower right corner of the status bar. Additionally, you can click on this widget to run the garbage collector.

For big projects you might want to increase the maximum heap memory size. Open IDE_HOMEidea[64][.exe].vmoptions and adjust the -Xmx value.

Adjust for widescreen

☑ Appearance & Behavior → Appearance → Widescreen tool window layout

If you have a widescreen monitor, you should enable this setting. Basically, this will give you more space for your side panels.

Notice: those screenshots are highly exaggerated to demonstrate the difference — usually, you wouldn’t open so many panels. If you do, consider the Ctrl + Shift + F12 shortcut to toggle the panels and maximize the editor view.

Zoom with the mouse wheel

☑ Editor → General → Change font size (zoom) with Ctrl+Mouse Wheel

That’s a feature known from most other text editors and browsers, but it’s disabled by default. Enable this option to zoom using Ctrl + Mouse Wheel. Since IDEA 2021.3, you can decide whether all tabs should be affected.

Show line numbers on the editor gutter

☑ Editor → General → Appearance → Show line numbers

That’s self-explanatory. Additionally, press Ctrl + G to navigate to a line number.

Wrap long lines

☑ Editor > General > Use soft wraps in editor ☑ Editor > General > (Console >) Use soft wraps in console Editor > General > Use custom soft wraps indent/additional shift: 1

If you don’t like scrolling long lines horizontally, activate word wrapping. I also like to add a small indent. When you put the cursor on a wrapped line, IntelliJ will additionally insert small arrow symbols to highlight the wraps.

Improve tab appearance

☑ Editor → General → Editor Tabs → Hide file extension in editor tabs ☐ Editor → General → Editor Tabs → Show «close» button on editor tabs

By hiding both file extensions and close icons you will gain a lot of free space in the editor tab panel. File icons are enough to infer the file types, and you are still able to close tabs by pressing the middle mouse key or Ctrl + F4.

Hadi Hariri, who gives great talks about IntelliJ Tips and Tricks, recommends turning off editor tabs completely. Instead, use Ctrl + E to switch between recent files and Ctrl + Shift + E to switch between recently edited files.

Sort debugger fields alphabetically

☑ Build, Execution, Deployment → Debugger → Data Views → Sort alphabetically

By default, debugger variables are listed in the order in which they were defined. I find this makes it harder to find the right values.

Bonus tip: you can focus any list/tree panel (like debugger variables, or the project view) and search for a value by simply starting to type. If multiple values match the search string, use ↓ and ↑ keys to step through them. In this example I typed mo, so I can toggle the selection between module and mongoose:

Improve Java imports

☑ Editor → General → Auto Import → Add unambiguous imports on the fly

This will add import statements automatically, if there is only one class in the classpath with the exact name.

Editor → General → Auto Import → Exclude from Import and Completion

Usually, if you want to use the List class, IntelliJ won’t import it automatically, even with the previous option enabled. That’s because there are two List classes in the classpath: java.util.List and java.awt.List. Fortunately, you can exclude classes and packages from import assistance and code completion. It works exactly like Type Filters in Eclipse. I usually exclude:

• com.sun
• sun
• java.awt.List
• java.sql.Date

and some project specific packages.

You don’t need to add those entries manually. Whenever IntelliJ suggests multiple classes to import, press → and select the class or package to exclude.

That’s a new feature in IntelliJ IDEA 15. Finally, we are able to remove unwanted tool window buttons. Just right click a sidebar button and select Remove from sidebar. You can restore a hidden tool window with View → Tool Windows.

Use a custom terminal shell

☑ Tools → Terminal → Shell path

IDEA comes with a handy terminal panel (Alt + F12). However, using the default Windows command prompt can sometimes be annoying. Fortunately, you can use a more useful shell within IntelliJ IDEA, like the Git Bash (by default under C:Program FilesGitbinbash.exe).

You can customize the terminal font and colors here:

☑ Editor → Colors & Fonts → Console Font/Colors

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Решение

wrap when typing reaches margin

I solved this by following this guide. It was meant for PHPStorm but works for IntelliJ IDEA as well (probably WebStorm too!). It was very simple, actually. A basic recap:

1. Saved the following PHP code in my project root. It’s basically just a PHPDoc comment:

    <?php  die('This file is not really here!');

    /**
     * ------------- DO NOT UPLOAD THIS FILE TO LIVE SERVER ---------------------
     *
     * Implements code completion for CodeIgniter in phpStorm
     * phpStorm indexes all class constructs, so if this file is in the project it will be loaded.
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Drop the following file into a CI project in phpStorm
     * You can put it in the project root and phpStorm will load it.
     * (If phpStorm doesn't load it, try closing the project and re-opening it)
     * 
     * Under system/core/
     * Right click on Controller.php and set Mark as Plain Text
     * Do the same for Model.php
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     * This way there is no editing of CI core files for this simple layer of code completion.
     *
     * PHP version 5
     *
     * LICENSE: GPL http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
     *
     * Created 1/28/12, 11:06 PM
     *
     * @category
     * @package    CodeIgniter CI_phpStorm.php
     * @author     Jeff Behnke
     * @copyright  2009-11 Valid-Webs.com
     * @license    GPL http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
     * @version    2012.01.28
     */

    /**
     * @property CI_DB_active_record $db              This is the platform-independent base Active Record implementation class.
     * @property CI_DB_forge $dbforge                 Database Utility Class
     * @property CI_Benchmark $benchmark              This class enables you to mark points and calculate the time difference between them.
  Memory consumption can also be displayed.
     * @property CI_Calendar $calendar                This class enables the creation of calendars
     * @property CI_Cart $cart                        Shopping Cart Class
     * @property CI_Config $config                    This class contains functions that enable config files to be managed
     * @property CI_Controller $controller            This class object is the super class that every library in.
CodeIgniter will be assigned to.
     * @property CI_Email $email                      Permits email to be sent using Mail, Sendmail, or SMTP.
     * @property CI_Encrypt $encrypt                  Provides two-way keyed encoding using XOR Hashing and Mcrypt
     * @property CI_Exceptions $exceptions            Exceptions Class
     * @property CI_Form_validation $form_validation  Form Validation Class
     * @property CI_Ftp $ftp                          FTP Class
     * @property CI_Hooks $hooks                      Provides a mechanism to extend the base system without hacking.
     * @property CI_Image_lib $image_lib              Image Manipulation class
     * @property CI_Input $input                      Pre-processes global input data for security
     * @property CI_Lang $lang                        Language Class
     * @property CI_Loader $load                      Loads views and files
     * @property CI_Log $log                          Logging Class
     * @property CI_Model $model                      CodeIgniter Model Class
     * @property CI_Output $output                    Responsible for sending final output to browser
     * @property CI_Pagination $pagination            Pagination Class
     * @property CI_Parser $parser                    Parses pseudo-variables contained in the specified template view,
replacing them with the data in the second param
     * @property CI_Profiler $profiler                This class enables you to display benchmark, query, and other data
in order to help with debugging and optimization.
     * @property CI_Router $router                    Parses URIs and determines routing
     * @property CI_Session $session                  Session Class
     * @property CI_Sha1 $sha1                        Provides 160 bit hashing using The Secure Hash Algorithm
     * @property CI_Table $table                      HTML table generation
Lets you create tables manually or from database result objects, or arrays.
     * @property CI_Trackback $trackback              Trackback Sending/Receiving Class
     * @property CI_Typography $typography            Typography Class
     * @property CI_Unit_test $unit_test              Simple testing class
     * @property CI_Upload $upload                    File Uploading Class
     * @property CI_URI $uri                          Parses URIs and determines routing
     * @property CI_User_agent $user_agent            Identifies the platform, browser, robot, or mobile devise of the browsing agent
     * @property CI_Validation $validation            //dead
     * @property CI_Xmlrpc $xmlrpc                    XML-RPC request handler class
     * @property CI_Xmlrpcs $xmlrpcs                  XML-RPC server class
     * @property CI_Zip $zip                          Zip Compression Class
     * @property CI_Javascript $javascript            Javascript Class
     * @property CI_Jquery $jquery                    Jquery Class
     * @property CI_Utf8 $utf8                        Provides support for UTF-8 environments
     * @property CI_Security $security                Security Class, xss, csrf, etc...
     */
    class CI_Controller{}

    /**
     * @property CI_DB_active_record $db              This is the platform-independent base Active Record implementation class.
     * @property CI_DB_forge $dbforge                 Database Utility Class
     * @property CI_Benchmark $benchmark              This class enables you to mark points and calculate the time difference between them.
  Memory consumption can also be displayed.
     * @property CI_Calendar $calendar                This class enables the creation of calendars
     * @property CI_Cart $cart                        Shopping Cart Class
     * @property CI_Config $config                    This class contains functions that enable config files to be managed
     * @property CI_Controller $controller            This class object is the super class that every library in.
CodeIgniter will be assigned to.
     * @property CI_Email $email                      Permits email to be sent using Mail, Sendmail, or SMTP.
     * @property CI_Encrypt $encrypt                  Provides two-way keyed encoding using XOR Hashing and Mcrypt
     * @property CI_Exceptions $exceptions            Exceptions Class
     * @property CI_Form_validation $form_validation  Form Validation Class
     * @property CI_Ftp $ftp                          FTP Class
     * @property CI_Hooks $hooks                      Provides a mechanism to extend the base system without hacking.
     * @property CI_Image_lib $image_lib              Image Manipulation class
     * @property CI_Input $input                      Pre-processes global input data for security
     * @property CI_Lang $lang                        Language Class
     * @property CI_Loader $load                      Loads views and files
     * @property CI_Log $log                          Logging Class
     * @property CI_Model $model                      CodeIgniter Model Class
     * @property CI_Output $output                    Responsible for sending final output to browser
     * @property CI_Pagination $pagination            Pagination Class
     * @property CI_Parser $parser                    Parses pseudo-variables contained in the specified template view,
replacing them with the data in the second param
     * @property CI_Profiler $profiler                This class enables you to display benchmark, query, and other data
in order to help with debugging and optimization.
     * @property CI_Router $router                    Parses URIs and determines routing
     * @property CI_Session $session                  Session Class
     * @property CI_Sha1 $sha1                        Provides 160 bit hashing using The Secure Hash Algorithm
     * @property CI_Table $table                      HTML table generation
Lets you create tables manually or from database result objects, or arrays.
     * @property CI_Trackback $trackback              Trackback Sending/Receiving Class
     * @property CI_Typography $typography            Typography Class
     * @property CI_Unit_test $unit_test              Simple testing class
     * @property CI_Upload $upload                    File Uploading Class
     * @property CI_URI $uri                          Parses URIs and determines routing
     * @property CI_User_agent $user_agent            Identifies the platform, browser, robot, or mobile devise of the browsing agent
     * @property CI_Validation $validation            //dead
     * @property CI_Xmlrpc $xmlrpc                    XML-RPC request handler class
     * @property CI_Xmlrpcs $xmlrpcs                  XML-RPC server class
     * @property CI_Zip $zip                          Zip Compression Class
     * @property CI_Javascript $javascript            Javascript Class
     * @property CI_Jquery $jquery                    Jquery Class
     * @property CI_Utf8 $utf8                        Provides support for UTF-8 environments
     * @property CI_Security $security                Security Class, xss, csrf, etc...
     */
    class CI_Model{}

2. Found /system/core/controller.php and /system/core/model.php inside of IntelliJ IDEA and right clicked->Mark as Plain Text.

3. Done! It works great, no more false errors, and code completion!