Autocompletion of @author in Intellij
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I'm migrating from Eclipse to Intellij Idea. One thing I couldn't figure out yet is autocompletion of the @author JavaDoc tag.
When typing @a in Eclipse, there are two proposals:
@author - author name
@author
How do I achieve the first proposal in Intellij (is it even possible?)? And if it's possible, how do I change the template of what is inserted for the author name placeholder?
Intellij Idea Solutions
Solution 1 - Intellij Idea
One more option, not exactly what you asked, but can be useful:
Go to Settings -> Editor -> File and code templates -> Includes tab (on the right). There is a template header for the new files, you can use the username here:
/**
* @author myname
*/
For system username use:
/**
* @author ${USER}
*/
Solution 2 - Intellij Idea
You can work around that via a Live Template.
Go to Settings -> Editor -> Live Templates, click the Plus Icon Button (on the right).
In the "Abbreviation" field, enter the string that should activate the template (e.g. @a), and in the "Template Text" area enter the string to complete (e.g. @author - My Name). Set the "Applicable context" to Java (Comments only maybe) and set a key to complete (on the right).
I tested it and it works fine, however IntelliJ seems to prefer the inbuild templates, so "@a + Tab" only completes "author". Setting the completion key to Space worked however.
To change the user name that is automatically inserted via the File Templates (when creating a class for example), can be changed by adding
-Duser.name=Your name
to the idea.exe.vmoptions or idea64.exe.vmoptions (depending on your version) in the IntelliJ/bin directory.
Restart IntelliJ
Solution 3 - Intellij Idea
Check Enable Live Templates and leave the cursor at the position desired and click Apply then OK
Solution 4 - Intellij Idea
For Intellij IDEA Community 2019.1 you will need to follow these steps :
> File -> New -> Edit File Templates.. -> Class -> /* Created by ${USER} > on ${DATE} */
