Customizing IntelliJ IDEA

Egor Malyshev

This post is on one hand a response to the comment about several plugins that add IntelliJ IDEA toolbar icons not functioning in the latest Milestone release and a short how-to about customizing IntelliJ IDEA toolbars and menus, on the other.
Say, I have a SVN plugin command (for example, Browse Repository) I want to be accessible through a toolbar shortcut. Here’s what I need to do:

1. Open the Settings, Customizations dialog (CTRL+ALT+S then R shortcut).
2. Click + to copy the default toolbar and menu schema
   

3. Expand the Main Toolbar section and scroll down to the place I want the new button at.
4. Click Add after
5. Expand Plugins, Subversion Integration and locate the command I’m looking for.
   
6. Optionally specify the toolbar icon (a 32×32 PNG file). If it’s omitted, IntelliJ IDEA will use the fancy default icon for new toolbar command.
7. Click OK to close all dialogs and here’s the result:
   

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