Arina Efremova

Question When the "Introduce variable" refactoring is used, the variable is not declared as final. How to change that? Answer After you've used "Introduce variable", there is a little gear icon nex...

Problem In older versions of the IDE, there used to be the following inspection which can no longer be found in the latest versions: File | Settings | Editor | Inspections -> Java -> Probable bugs ...

Situation When the option to 'Sort tabs alphabetically' is enabled in File | Settings | Editor | General | Editor Tabs, dragging any editor tab immediately cancels the sorting. It is the default be...

Problem A JetBrains IDE installed from an Arch Linux (AUR) package does not start. The native launcher, for example /opt/webstorm/bin/webstorm, shows: Cannot start the IDE Cannot find a runtime Cau...

Question Why did IntelliJ IDEA stop doing the frequent EAP blog posts? Some users complain that those posts were tempting enough for them to try out an EAP. And now they are staying on a stable ver...

Background In versions up to 2024.1 of IntelliJ IDEA, when one double-clicked an .XLSX file it was opened in the Excel external application. Starting with 2024.1.x, this behavior changed, and the...

Problem description IDE does not start with the following error: java.net.SocketException: Permission denied: listen Building (or syncing) a project doesn't work. It prints the following error...

Problem 1: 'Scene Builder' tab/view is missing You are using the free tier of the Unified Distribution (ex-Community edition) `.fxml' files in your project are not recognized as JavaFX and look...

Situation Question Is there a way to programmatically (so one can determine at enterprise level) whether a local IDE installation is inadvertently sharing data without the organization centrally kn...

Situation For instance, a user has a commercial license, and would be inclined to opt in, but needs some more granular control and visibility into exactly what is shared in order to share responsib...