Jetbrains IDE - IntelliJ Customisation for Developer Productivity

The following changes to any Jetbrains IDE (IntelliJ) makes developers more productive.

Settings Changes:


Settings -> Appearance & Behaviour -> Appearance -> Use custom font -> Size 16


Settings -> Appearance & Behaviour -> Appearance -> UI Options -> Use project colours in main toolbar


Settings -> Appearance & Behaviour -> Appearance -> UI Options -> Compact Mode


Settings -> System Settings -> Confirm before exiting the IDE


Settings -> System Settings -> Project -> Reopen projects on startup


Settings -> System Settings -> Project -> open project in : New window


Settings -> Editor -> Font -> Size 16


Settings -> Editor -> General -> Soft Wraps -> Soft-wrap these files -> *.*


Settings -> Editor -> General -> Breadcrumbs -> Show Breadcrumbs -> Select all checkboxes


Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Editor -> Tick Hide floating toolbar for code editing


Settings -> Advanced Settings -> Markdown -> Tick Hide floating toolbar


View Menu -> Appearance -> Status Bar


Toolbar Changes:

Settings -> Appearance & Behaviour -> Menus and Toolbars -> Project View Popup Menu -> Project View Popup Refactoring Group -> Add Action -> Main Menu -> Refactor -> Rename

Settings -> Appearance & Behaviour -> Menus and Toolbars -> Editor Popup Menu ->  Add Action (Next to Paste) -> Main Menu -> Edit -> Cut/Copy/Paste Actions -> Paste Actions -> Paste from History

Settings -> Appearance & Behaviour -> Menus and Toolbars -> Editor Popup Menu ->  Add Action (Next to Paste) -> Main Menu -> Edit -> Find -> Find...

Settings -> Appearance & Behaviour -> Menus and Toolbars -> Editor Popup Menu ->  Add Action (Next to Paste) -> Main Menu -> Edit -> Find -> Replace...

Settings -> Appearance & Behaviour -> Menus and Toolbars -> Main Toolbar -> Left -> Add Action


Main Menu -> Build -> Build Project


Main Menu -> Navigate -> Back


Main Menu -> Navigate -> Forward


Editor Actions -> Scroll to Top (Export icon)


Editor Actions -> Scroll to Bottom (Import icon)


Main Menu -> Navigate -> Go to Line:Column.. (Grid icon)


Main Menu -> Navigate -> Navigate in File -> Previous Method (Move Up icon)


Main Menu -> Navigate -> Navigate in File -> Next Method  (Move Down icon)


Main Menu -> Edit -> Find -> Previous Occurrence of the Word at Caret (Previous Occurrence icon)


Main Menu -> Edit -> Find -> Next Occurrence of the Word at Caret (Next Line Bookmark icon)


Main Menu -> Edit -> Editor Select Actions -> Select Word Actions -> Shrink Selection (Apply Non-Conflicting Changes from the Right Side icon)


Main Menu -> Edit -> Editor Select Actions -> Select Word Actions -> Expand Selection (Apply Non-Conflicting Changes from the Left Side icon)


Editor Actions -> Duplicate Line or Selection (Add icon)


Editor Actions -> Delete Line (Remove icon)


Main Menu -> Code -> Move Line Up (Increase Header icon)


Main Menu -> Code -> Move Line Down (Decrease Header icon)


Main Menu -> Code -> Code Formatting Actions -> Reformat Code


Main Menu -> Code -> Code Formatting Actions -> Optimize Imports (Resolve Simple Conflicts icon)


Main Menu -> Refactor -> Rename (Edit icon)


Main Menu -> Refactor -> Extract/Introduce -> Introduce Variable (Code icon)


Main Menu -> Edit -> Cut/Copy/Paste Actions -> Cut


Main Menu -> Edit -> Cut/Copy/Paste Actions ->Copy


Main Menu -> Edit -> Cut/Copy/Paste Actions -> Paste Actions -> Paste


Main Menu -> Edit -> Cut/Copy/Paste Actions -> Paste Actions -> Paste from History (Commit Message History icon)


Main Menu -> Run -> Debuger Actions -> Debugging Actions -> Evaluate Expression


Main Menu -> Code -> Comment Actions -> Comment with Line Comment


Main Menu -> Navigate -> Search Everywhere


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