Intellij reformat on file save

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I remember seeing in either IntelliJ or Eclipse the setting to reformat  cleanup  files whenever they are saved  How do I find it  didn t find it in the settings

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IntellIJ 14  amp  amp  15  When you are checking in code in Commit changes dialog  tick the Reformat code checkbox  then IntelliJ will reformatting all the code that you are checking in      Source  www udemy com intellij-idea-secrets-double-your-coding-speed-in-2-hours

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I set it to automatically clean up on check-in  which is usually good enough for me  If something is too ugly  I ll just hit the shortcut  Ctrl-Alt-L  Return   And I see they have an option for auto-formatting pasted code  although I ve never used that

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Below is Neil s answer updated   IntelliJ 13 Steps    Code -  Reformat Code  Edit -  Macros -  Start Macro Recording Code -  Reformat Code File -  Save all Edit -  Macros -  Stop Macro Recording Name the macro  something like  formatted save   File -  Settings -  Keymap Right click on the macro  Add Keyboard Shortcut  Set the keyboard shortcut to Control   S   IntelliJ will inform you of a hotkey conflict  Select  remove  to remove other assignments

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I thought there was something like that in IntelliJ  but I can t find it   The only clean-up that happens at save is that white space at the ends of lines is removed   I thought I had to specify that behavior at one point  but I don t see anything related at this point

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If you have InteliJ Idea Community 2018 2 the steps are as fallows    In the top menu you click  Edit   Macros   Start Macro Recordings  you ll see a window lower right corner of your screen confirming that macros are being recorded  In the top menu you click  Code   Reformat Code  you ll see the option being selected in the lower right corner  In the top menu you click  Code   Optimize Imports  you ll see the option being selected in the lower right corner  In the top menu you click  File   Save All  In the top menu you click  Edit   Macros   Stop Macro Recording You name the macro   Format Code  Organize Imports  Save  In the top menu you clock  File   Settings  In the settings windows you click Keymap In the search box on the right you search  save   You ll find Save All  Ctrl S   Right click on it and select  Remove Ctrl S  Remove your search text from the box  press on the Collapse All button  Second button from the top left  Go to macros  press on the arrow to expand your macros  find your saved macro and right click on it  Select Add Keyboard Shortcut  and press Ctrl S and okay    Restart your IDE and try it   I know what you re going to say  the guys before me wrote the same thing  But I got confused using the steps above this post  and I wanted to write a dumb down version for people who have the latest version of the IDE

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This solution worked better for me    Make a macro  I used Organize Imports  Format Code  Save All  Assign it a keystroke  I overrode Ctrl S    Note  You will have to check the box  Do not show this message again  the first time for the organized imports  but it works as expected after that   Step-by-step for IntelliJ 10 0    Code -   Optimize Imports      if a dialogue box appears  check the box that says  Do not show this message again    then click  Run   Tools -   Start Macro Recording  Code -   Optimize Imports     Code -   Reformat Code     File -   Save all  Tools -   Stop Macro Recording  Name the macro  something like  formatted save   In File -  Settings -  Keymap  select your macro located at  Main Menu -  Tools -   formatted save  Click  Add Keyboard Shortcut   then perform the keystroke you want  If you choose Ctrl S like me  it will ask you what to do with the previous Ctrl S shortcut  Remove it  You can always reassign it later if you want  Enjoy    For IntelliJ 11  replace  step 2  with  Edit -  Macros -   Start Macro Recording  step 6  with  Edit -  Macros -   Stop Macro Recording   Everything else remains the same   IntelliJ 12  8  The Preferences contain the Keymap settings  Use the input field to filter the content  as shown in the screenshot

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Since version 2020 1  you can activate Run on save for files directly in the Preferences of the Prettier plugin

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I suggest the save actions plugin  It also supports optimize imports and rearrange code   Works well in combination with the eclipse formatter plugin   Search and activate the plugin     Configure it     Edit  it seems like it the recent version of Intellij the save action plugin is triggered by the automatic Intellij save  This can be quite annoying when it hits while still editing   This github issue of the plugin gives a hint to some possible solutions   https   github com dubreuia intellij-plugin-save-actions issues 63  I actually tried to assign reformat to Ctrl S and it worked fine - saving is done automatically now

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Ctrl   Alt   L is format file  includes the two below   Ctrl   Alt   O is optimize imports  Ctrl   Alt   I will fix indentation on a particular line  I usually run Ctrl   Alt   L a few times before committing my work   I d rather it do the cleanup reformatting at my command instead of automatically

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I wound up rebinding the Reformat code    action to Ctrl-S  replacing the default binding for Save All   It may sound crazy at first  but IntelliJ seems to save on virtually every action  running tests  building the project  even when closing an editor tab  I have a habit of hitting Ctrl-S pretty often  so this actually works quite well for me  It s certainly easier to type than the default bind for reformatting

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If it s about Prettier  just use a File Watcher     references    Tools    File Watchers    click   to add a new watcher    Prettier  https   prettier io docs en webstorm html running-prettier-on-save-using-file-watcher

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If you re developing in Flutter  there s a new experimental option as of 5 1 2018 that allows you to format code on save

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