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OpenIDEA follows IntelliJ IDEA’s model: a folder is a project, features live in tool windows, and almost everything is reachable from Search Everywhere or Find Action. This page covers what you can bring with you and where familiar things live.

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Choose a keymap

OpenIDEA ships six keymaps: Switch keymaps in any of these places:
  • Welcome screen › Customize › Keymap
  • Settings › Keymap
  • View › Quick Switch Scheme… (⌃` / Ctrl+`) › Keymap
You can change single shortcuts on top of any keymap, or duplicate one into your own. See Keymaps.

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From IntelliJ IDEA and other JetBrains IDEs

The defaults already match IDEA: the keymap, tool window numbers (⌘1 / Alt+1 for Project, ⌘9 / Alt+9 for Git), ⇧⇧ / Shift Shift for Search Everywhere and ⌥↵ / Alt+Enter for context actions.

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Import settings

Use File › Manage IDE Settings › Import Settings from JetBrains IDE… and pick one of the JetBrains IDEs found on this computer. To use a settings.zip exported from a JetBrains IDE instead, choose File › Manage IDE Settings › Import Settings… and select the zip. A confirmation lists what will be imported before anything changes:
  • Color schemes (the .icls files) and the color scheme in use
  • Editor font: family, size, line spacing (as line height) and ligatures
  • Trailing-space stripping, final newline on save, sticky lines, whitespace display, soft wraps
  • Confirm before exiting the IDE
Keymaps, code styles, live templates, inspection profiles and plugins are not imported; the confirmation lists the ones it skipped. Imported values go to the global settings.

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Import a theme

With a project open, go to Settings › Plugins, open the gear menu and choose:
  • Import Theme from JetBrains IDE… to pick a theme plugin installed in your JetBrains IDEs, or
  • Import IntelliJ Theme from File… for a theme plugin .jar, a Marketplace .zip, a plugin folder or a .theme.json file.
The theme is converted into an OpenIDEA theme plugin and installed. Select it in Settings › Appearance & Behavior › Appearance › Theme. See Themes and fonts.

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Import run configurations

Run Import Run Configurations from JetBrains (.run, .idea) from Find Action, or use the import link in Run › Edit Configurations…. OpenIDEA reads the project’s .run and .idea run configurations it can map; a notification says how many came in and why others were left out.

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IdeaVim

Vim mode reads ~/.ideavimrc (or ~/.openideavimrc). Turn it on with Tools › Vim. See Vim mode.

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From VS Code

Pick VS Code (macOS) or VS Code (Windows) as the keymap; then ⇧⌘P / Ctrl+Shift+P opens Find Action and ⌘P / Ctrl+P opens Go to File as you expect. .editorconfig files are applied. VS Code settings and extensions are not imported.

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From Eclipse

Pick Eclipse (macOS) or Eclipse as the keymap.
  • Formatter. To keep using an Eclipse formatter profile for Java, open Settings › Editor › Code Style › Java, set Formatting profile to Custom Eclipse formatter XML and choose the exported XML file.
  • Workspaces and projects. Eclipse opens many projects in one workspace. OpenIDEA opens one project per window; to work on several folders together, create a workspace with File › New Workspace… or add folders with Attach Project….
  • Perspectives. OpenIDEA has no perspectives. Arrange tool windows the way you like and save the arrangement with Window › Tool Window Layouts › Save Current Layout as….

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