How to correct indentation in IntelliJ

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Intellij Idea Problem Overview

How can indentation be automatically (not manually) corrected in IntelliJ?

In Eclipse, it's possible to just highlight the code that needs indenting, right-click, and select Source > Correct indentation.

Is there any method for doing the same thing in IntelliJ?

Intellij Idea Solutions

Solution 1 - Intellij Idea

Code → Reformat Code... (default Ctrl + Alt + L) for the whole file or Code → Auto-Indent Lines (default Ctrl + Alt + I) for the current line or selection.

You can customise the settings for how code is auto-formatted under File → Settings → Editor → Code Style.

To ensure comments are also indented to the same level as the code, you can simply do as follows:

UI screenshot (example for JavaScript)

Solution 2 - Intellij Idea

Just select the code and

  • on Windows do Ctrl + Alt + L

  • on Linux do Ctrl + Windows Key + Alt + L

  • on Mac do CMD + Option + L

Solution 3 - Intellij Idea

Select Java editor settings for Intellij [![Settings][1]][1] [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/BkRtD.png

Select values for Tabsize, Indent & Continuation Intent (I choose 4,4 & 4)

Then Ctrl + Alt + L to format your file (or your selection).

Solution 4 - Intellij Idea

Ctrl + Alt + L works with Android Studio under xfce4 on Linux. I see that Gnome used to use this shortcut for lock screen, but in Gnome 3 it was changed to Super+L (AKA Windows+L): https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/KeyboardShortcuts

Solution 5 - Intellij Idea

In Android Studio this works: Go to File->Settings->Editor->CodeStyle->Java. Under Wrapping and Braces uncheck "Comment at first Column" Then formatting shortcut will indent the comment lines as well.

Solution 6 - Intellij Idea

You can also try out Ctrl + Alt + I even though you can also use L as well.

Solution 7 - Intellij Idea

Solution of unchecking comment at first column is partially working, because it works for line comments, but not block comments.

So, with lines like:

/* first line
 * second line
 * ...
 */

or

// line 1
// line 2
// line 3
...

they are indented with "Auto reformat", but lines like:

/* first line
   second line
   ...
 */

the identation will not be fixed.

So you should:

  • add * or // before each line of comments
  • then uncheck Keep when reformatting -> comment at first column
  • and Auto reformat.
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