Nadia Tarashkevich

Question What is the difference between IDE theme and color scheme? Answer IDE theme IDE theme is overall IDE appearance. Here are the main elements that are controlled by the IDE theme: Window ...

Problem How to search in a dialog/toolwindow for the element, without calling popup dialog? Solution In many tool windows and dialogs, Quick Search is supported. Start typing the text to trigger qu...

Problem I have the setting "Settings | Tools | Terminal | Copy to clipboard on selection" turned on When I use IntelliJ built-in Terminal in Mac or Windows, and press Ctrl+V or Cmd+V, the text sele...

Problem On IDE startup, error message "Cannot find keymap x" appears Cause Some keymaps are system-specific, such as Windows, Mac or KDE keymaps. If you enabled Setting Sync among different OSes, t...

Problem I installed IntelliJ IDE on the fresh macOS and I immediately the "Shortcut conflicts" dialog Cause The problem originates from IntelliJ IDEs' multi-platform nature. Some shortcuts are the ...

Question I want to prevent saving my custom dialog and popup sizes. When I customize a popup or a dialog size, next time it reopens with the customized size. How to open it with the default size an...

Problem Plugins like AI need to be enabled only for specific projects due to safety concerns. Currently, this functionality is unavailable in IntelliJ IDEs Resolution To work around the limitation,...

Question How to open more than one project in the same window? Answer For Mac, there is a feature called "Project as tabs". You may merge multiple project windows as tabs of the same window To mer...

Question How to open and navigate among multiple projects? Answer By Project widget Use Project widget. Click on the currently open project name in the left top corner of the screen and select a di...

Question In 2025.1, a new toolbar (floating toolbar) started appearing on Alt+Enter: It can be hidden easily by "Don't show Toolbar" context menu item. How to restore it back? Answer Floating tool...