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Michael Berry
Michael Berry

Reputation: 72284

Intellij IDEA, format all code in a project

I really like IDEA's code formatting, but how do I get it to reformat all the code in a particular project without going through each file? I've found the option to tidy / optimise imports on code before committing it to subversion which is great, but it only seems to apply to files that have otherwise been modified (which is sensible in the majority of cases!)

Is there a way to auto-format all the source files in a project without going through them all by hand?

Upvotes: 169

Views: 60085

Answers (4)

valdeci
valdeci

Reputation: 15237

According the iDea: Editor basics documentation:

You can use the shortcut Ctrl+ALT+L (Windows/Linux) or ⌥⌘+L (MAC OS X) and select the Rearrange entries option to reformat the code in the current file or reformat a module or directory (after selecting more than one file).

You can also Right-click a module, file, or directory from the context menu and select Reformat Code and also select the Rearrange entries option.

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You can also optimize the imports of your files by selecting the Optimize imports option.

Is some Linux versions the shortcut Ctrl+ALT+L can lock the screen, so you will need to Right-click a file or directory from the context menu and select Reformat Code and also select the Rearrange entries option.

This works for most of the Jetbrains IDES (iDea, PyCharm, WebStorm, RubyMine, and so on.)

Upvotes: 15

Jasintha Peiris
Jasintha Peiris

Reputation: 31

"CTRL + ALT + L" work only windows. "CTRL + ALT + L" is Ubuntu Lock screen shortcut key so its not working for this.

Try ,

Right click on the folder you like to reformat, choose "Reformat code" from the menu or click "Code" button on navigation bar in top, choose "Reformat code"

Thank you

Upvotes: 2

duffymo
duffymo

Reputation: 308763

Choose the "whole project" radio button instead of the individual file when you ask to reformat.

Just be aware of one problem: If you're working on a larger project with other developers who don't conform to your style, and you're using IntelliJ to transform all their code every time you edit it, you might be causing a problem with your version control system. It will long a huge volume of changes when you check in, and few of them will have anything to do with changing functionality. Better to conform to the group style in that case.

Upvotes: 21

Friesgaard
Friesgaard

Reputation: 3204

In the tree-structure, right click on the folder you like to reformat, choose "Reformat code" from the menu.

Upvotes: 295

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