
Once you install and restart the development environment, if you right click, for example, on the name of the variable or a selection of some text, you will notice a new String Manipulation context menu item, which provides many possibilities for changing the selected string: This plugin will be most useful when you need to interact with some very large text. String ManipulationHere's a plugin that will add many new string handling capabilities to your IDEA. Well then, let's look at a few IDEA plugins that can be very useful. Press Disable to make the plugin inactive: If you now click the arrows next to Enable/Disable, then you will see a window lets you remove the plugin from your IDEA: As you can see, everything is actually quite simple :)

To see the rest:Īfter that, click on the Theme drop-down list and see four new available themes: I liked the Gradianto Deep Ocean theme the most: Disabling / uninstalling a pluginLet's see how to disable or entirely uninstall a plugin: For the plugin with themes, this wasn't necessary - the theme immediately changed to green: Method 2: Installing from IntelliJ IDEAIn IDEA, in the upper left corner, go to File -> Settings: Next, go to the Plugins tab and type the name of the plugin ( Gradianto) in the search bar, even partially: Click the green Install button and you're done! Changing the themeGreen is not the only new theme. Next, you sometimes need to restart IntelliJ IDEA for the plugin to start working. Then you will prompted to choose the version of IntelliJ IDEA that you have installed on your computer: ↓ Next, the following window will pop up in your development environment: Click OK.

After choosing a theme, click on the Get -> Install button. Method 1: Install directly from the JetBrains websiteYou must have IDEA open. Next, we have two ways to install the plugin. To get started, go here and choose a theme (or theme pack) that suits you. Maybe you want to dig around and find something that fits you just right? Well, let's do it! IntelliJ IDEA themesHave you ever felt that the limited set of built-in IntelliJ IDEA themes was somehow lacking? Perhaps you wanted to choose something else. They will help you in your work, or at least cheer you up =)įirst, let's run you through boot camp for installing plugins in IntelliJ IDEA, using the installation of a new theme as an example.

Today we will look at 10 interesting plugins for working in IntelliJ IDEA. They are designed to expand its capabilities. Plugins are a way to add functionality to the main program.
