Remove trailing whitespace on save in IntelliJ IDEA 12
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Is it possible to remove trailing whitespace automatically on save in IntelliJ IDEA? I know there are some workarounds, for example, using git to trim the whitespace on commit. Maybe this question is a duplicate of this one, but i hope this can be done without setting up keyboard shortcuts and macros.
Git Solutions
Solution 1 - Git
Don't know about 12, but there's the following setting in 13:
Settings → Editor → Strip trailing spaces on Save
As of IntelliJ 2017.2 it's under
Settings → Editor → General → Strip trailing spaces on Save
Solution 2 - Git
In 2020.1 IntelliJ version:
File -> Settings -> Editor -> General -> then scroll down to 'Save Files'
Solution 3 - Git
Go to ==> PREFERENCES | GENERAL | OTHER |
Just as shown in the picture:
- Srip trailings spaces on Save: ALL
- Uncheck Allways keep....
It'll remove trailing spaces when save, not before
Solution 4 - Git
Add an external tool. As the Program pass /usr/bin/sed
(may be different on your box, run which sed
to locate) and insert the -i 's/[[:space:]]\+$//' $FilePath$
in the Parameters. Overall the command that you want IntelliJ to run is,
/usr/bin/sed -i 's/[[:space:]]\+$//' <your current file>
This sed will remove the trailing whitespace, and overall the effect will be very similar to git. Next you can add a keyboard shortcut for your new external tool entry, but I am not sure whether it is possible to run anything on save.
Solution 5 - Git
What worked for me was
Intelij
- Settings
- General
- On Save
- Unchecking remove trailing spaces
Workspace
- Find .editorconfig
- Set "trim_trailing_whitespace" setting.
[*]
charset = utf-8
indent_style = space
indent_size = 2
insert_final_newline = true
trim_trailing_whitespace = false