The popular IDE by JetBrains, specifically in its version '2016'.
Questions tagged [intellij-idea-2016]
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IntelliJ cannot find any declarations
I completely uninstalled IntelliJ and have now reinstalled and imported my project. I imported using gradle and can see all of the files in my project present. However, when I open a file I can't find any declaration to go to by doing cmd + click. I…

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Precedence order among properties file, YAML file, and Command Line arguments in SpringBoot
I have been using application.properties files since long in my Spring application. But recently I came across application.yaml files. What is the precedence order among all three and advantage (if there is one) of using individual.
I know this…

Ram
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I keep getting the error, "Unimplemented substep definition" in IntelliJ with Cucumber?
I have already:
Downloaded the Cucumber Java, Gherkin plugin
I already have the steps and features directories:
My directory structure looks like this:
- test
- java
- features
- featureSet1
-…

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How to update already installed IntelliJ IDEA on Ubuntu?
Currently, I have IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3 installed in my Ubuntu 16.04 for Java programming. I have installed it through the IntelliJ website and not the ppa. Upon launching it, I get an update available notification on bottom right corner and upon…

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IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1(64) : Unsupported java version Cannot start under Java 1.7.0_79-b15: Java 1.8 or later is required
Currently I set JAVA_HOME environment variable to 1.7
When I try to open the file idea64.exe (path : ..\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1\bin\idea64.exe) below error is populated
Unsupported java version
Cannot start under Java 1.7.0_79-b15: Java…

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How to open temporary/preview tab in intellij Idea
I like VS Code and sublime editor and in particular their default behaviour of preview the file. When you single click on a file from file explorer pan, it would open it in a temporary tab, unless a change is made in the file or opened with a double…

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Using Intellij With Remote Server
I have a dev *nix box. For most cases I can just ssh into the box and use emacs to develop. However, as I've started doing more Java work with very large codebases, I've realized IntelliJ IDEA is pretty invaluable.
Problem: I would like to use…

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Windows Firewall has blocked some features of IntelliJ IDEA
I installed IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3 Community Edition and I created a simple Java class containing a main method that just prints a message. When I run that "program", the following window appears:
Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this…

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Change default tool window behaviour in IntelliJ IDEA 2016
Every time I open a new project in IntelliJ IDEA, the first time I open a particular tool window, for example 'Maven Projects', it appears in 'pinned' mode and remains visible until either I close it, or I go to the view settings for the window (the…

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How to stop IntelliJ from reformatting SQL code?
IntelliJ reformats my SQL code when I type a closing parentheses. How do I turn this off? For example, I'm write something like:
Now, when I type a ')' at the right margin, to close of that common table expression, it re-writes the code like…

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Is there a way to get IntelliJ to back-indent method declaration parameters?
This is for IntelliJ 2016.2.
I'm cleaning up some code that's causing CheckStyle violations and halting our CI build, and it appears to be happening because of IntelliJ's code style rules. I can fix these manually, but there are two problems with…

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how to run IntelliJ IDEA with JetBrains Runtime
I'm trying to activate Ligatures a new feather in IntelliJ IDEA 2016.2 by following the instructions in this video but there are missing fonts and when using 64 version I get this hint.
The JRE you are running IntelliJ IDEA with might have…

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IntelliJ IDEA not "hyperlinking" to source files in Maven Run tool window
I have been using intellij for 2 years now and love it. however after updating to 2016.3.4 it stopped highlighting path locations in the run window.
I used to be able to just click on the highlighted path and it would jump to the file and line.…

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SparkUI cannot be reached while debugging in IntelliJ
I am a newbie in Spark programming and developing a Spark application using IntelliJ IDE. What I want to achieve is reaching Spark Web UI while continuing debugging in IntelliJ. However, I'am getting "This site can't be reached" error when trying to…

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Control automatic creation of IDEA modules from Gradle sourceSets in 2016.1?
Starting with IntelliJ IDEA 2016.1, IDEA automatically creates IntelliJ modules from Gradle SourceSets (link). While I recognize that this was a major step forward for many reasons, it is also a major change for existing projects which relied on…

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