Contents of .feature file isn't recognized in intelliJ

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I wrote feature files in a project in IntelliJ according to the cucumber syntax. This files worked in another computer. I added the cucumber-java jar files and also installed the Gherkin and cucumber plugins, but still feature files aren't recognized as they should be. What could be the problem?

When you right click a scenario do you have the option to run it? I'm wondering if perhaps your JUnit is not configured correctly. — Tim Biegeleisen, Jul 30 '17 at 07:14
I had exactly the same problem. Probably Jetbrains should reconsider recommended plugins for Cucumber! — Mateva, Nov 06 '17 at 11:29
Found the answer [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39131653/intellij-idea-not-recognizing-feature-files). Worked for me. > If you have Substeps IntelliJ Plugin enabled then that might be the issue. you will need to remove and restart. — Brana, Dec 19 '18 at 09:04

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 30 '18 at 10:39

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So i use IntelliJ 2018

1) go to Preference

2)in open tab search "File Types" and search for text

3) in Text inside "Registred Patterns" delete "*.feature"

4) then search Cucumber Scenario and add "*.feature"

answered Aug 30 '18 at 10:39

Vladi

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score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 30 '17 at 13:28

Steps I took to get .feature files recognized. I know that you've probably done this already, but it might help checking the steps again. If all fails, you could try to reinstall the plugins.

Created a new Java project
Created a new file with the .feature extension. Because the plugins were not installed, got the message "Plugins supporting *.feature files found." with the option to install the plugins
I didn't use this option because the suggested plugins were not what I wanted (check below image):

Instead, I've opened Settings > Plugins > Browse Repositories and searched for Cucumber for Java
When trying to install this plugin you will be required to accept the installation of Gherkin as well. Make sure that after accepting, both plugins are selected.
Restart IntelliJ and you should see the feature files recognized:

Hope it helps!

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 13 '17 at 17:51

After installing plugin if you till face problem as i did, my feature files are not getting recognized because of groovy

therefore I manually set

File>>Settings>>Editor>>File Types click "cucumber Scenario" and Click + to add .Feature in Recognize Patterns.

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 12 '18 at 09:08

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First make sure you have cucumber for java installed, if it is installed follow the below stpes,

1) Create a new feature file, like <test.feature> , after file creation a dialog box pops up

2) Select cucumber scenario in form the list and click Ok, there you GO.

edited Dec 12 '18 at 09:08

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answered Dec 12 '18 at 08:32

md salim

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saTya · Answer 5 · 2019-03-10T19:53:16.160

Essentially two things are required to get cucumber feature recognized as expected type.

After adding cucumber-java dependency in pom.xml
You have to add Cucumber plugin also from > Settings>Plugin>MarketPlace>Search for cucumber for Java and install it

This will also ask you to install Gherkin as a Dependency

Select Yes>> Restart ide

Now you have to change file type from settings >> to cucumber scenario.

Note: you wont be getting Cucumber scenario as recognized type until done above installation.

Select cucumber scenario and Add + wildcard for it as-*.feature

Contents of .feature file isn't recognized in intelliJ

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