IntelliJ does not show Class when we right click and select New

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We re creating a new project in IntelliJ and must have something wrong because when we right click on a directory  select New and then get the context menu  Java based options are not shown  Currently get things like File  some HTML options  XML options   We have assumed so far it s something we haven t configured correctly in the Project Module configuration  The new module we are talking about is part of a multi module project  We created it using a Maven web archetype   Any help configuring the project nature   Edit  The answer is basic   That moment when you realise somethings not working because you haven t been clicking  Apply        We had a good laugh at ourselves when we discovered this

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Project Structure- Modules-  Your Module - Sources-  Click the folder named java in src main - click the blue button which img is a blue folder then you should see the right box contains new item Source Folders  All be done

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The directory or one of the parent directories must be marked as Source Root  In this case  it appears in blue    If this is not the case  right click your root source directory -  Mark As -  Source Root

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Another possible solution is that the project name is not acceptable  For example  creating a project with spaces in the name does not block the project creation but the proper sources are not marked and when those are marked manually  I still was unable to create classes  Recreating the project with hyphens  -  instead of spaces corrected the problem for me

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If you open your module settings  F4  you can nominate which paths contain  source   Intellij will then mark these directories in blue and allow you to add classes etc   In a similar fashion you can highlight test directories for unit tests

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This can also happen if your package name is invalid   For example  if your  package  is com my-company  which is not a valid Java package name due to the dash   IntelliJ will prevent you from creating a Java Class in that package

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Most of the people already gave the answer but this one is just for making someone s life easier  TL DR  You must add the test folder as source   Right click on java directory under test Mark it as Tests Add src test java in Test Source Folders  Thats it  IntelliJ will consider them as test source

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There is another case where  Java Class  don t show  maybe some reserved words exist in the package name  for example   com liuyong package case com liuyong import package  It s the same reason as  kuporific  s answer  the package name is invalid

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you need to mark your directory as source root  right click on the parent directory   and then compile the plugin  it is important    as result you will be able to add classes and more

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Had this issue too  Invalidating Caches Restart did the trick for me  Please upvote so the the IntelliJ folks take this more seriously  This gives the IDE a terrible UI UX experience   https   youtrack jetbrains com issue IDEA-203100

[java] IntelliJ does not show 'Class' when we right click and select 'New'

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