As a reminder for myself and for the benefit of anyone else interested, here are some of my IntelliJ settings. I intend to keep this page up-to-date with new settings and changes in my preferences.

IDE Settings

  • disable Main Menu > View > Appearance > Navigation Bar
  • in Editor > General
    • enable Smart Keys > Use "CamelHumps" words
    • disable Smart Keys > Honor "CamelHumps" words on double click
    • disable Smart Keys > Surround selection on typing quote or brace
    • disable Appearance > Show intention bulb
    • disable Breadcrumbs > Show breadcrumbs
    • enable Rich-Text Copy > Plain text
  • in Editor > Code Editing
    • disable Highlight on Caret Movement > Usages of element at caret
    • disable Show quick documentation on mouse move
  • in Appearance & Behavior > Appearance
    • disable Smooth scrolling
    • enable Automatically position mouse cursor on default button
      (in the latest versions of IJ it can only be set in Registry using ide.settings.move.mouse.on.default.button)
    • disable Allow merging buttons on dialogs
      (in the latest versions of IJ it can only be set in Registry using ide.allow.merge.buttons)

IDE Registry

Use Find Action and search for “Registry…”:

  • disable ide.mac.file.chooser.native — IJ file chooser dialog is just better
  • disable light.edit.file.open.enabled —
    because light editor it’s not ready yet (see IDEA-236868)
  • enable analyze.exceptions.on.the.fly —
    automatically analyze clipboard content for stacktrace on IDE frame activation
  • enable ide.completion.delay.autopopup.until.completed —
    deterministic auto-completion results (see KT-29042)
  • disable debugger.valueTooltipAutoShow — no debugger tooltip on mouse over
  • disable git.reset.credential.helper — don’t save passwords in IDE (IDEA-211251)
  • disable show.live.templates.in.completion (see IDEA-216928)
  • configure undo.globalUndoLimit and undo.documentUndoLimit
  • enable toolwindow.disable.overlay.by.double.key —
    because when using alt+... shortcuts (e.g. with IJKL shortcuts plugin) it can be annoying in presentation mode to accidentally open toolwindow overlay (see IDEA-112097)
  • disable vcs.commit.tool.window — show local changes and shelf tabs in VCS tool window
  • enable vcs.non.modal.commit.toggle.ui — hide commit panel after commit is performed
  • enable vcs.background.commit.checks — perform commit checks in background

IDE Keymap

  • use IJKL shortcuts plugin
  • remove F1 from keymap
  • use cmd+2 for Git tool window
  • use cmd+M for “Scroll to Center”
  • use cmd+shift+G for “Execute Gradle Task”
  • assign a shortcut to Window > Notifications > Close First / Close All (see IDEA-218434)

OSX

  • disable accents defaults write -g ApplePressNadHoldEnabled -bool false
  • max values for Preferences > Keyboard > Key Repeat / Delay Until Repeat
  • map CapsLock to Control in Preferences > Keyboard > Modifier Keys...
  • disable shortcuts in Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts which clash with IntelliJ, e.g. cmd+shift+/
  • disable option-space, see https://superuser.com/questions/78245