Javadoc improvements in IntelliJ IDEA 10.5

denis.zhdanov

We are coming close to opening the Early Access for IntelliJ IDEA 10.5 which we have announced some time ago. So, we are starting a series of blog posts that will describe some additions we are introducing in this new release.

Here is a list of newly added features that simplify working with Javadocs even more. Note that all of them are available in both Ultimate and Community Editions:

• Smart enter — caret moves to an expected position after pressing ‘Enter’ in situations like the one below:

  /**
   * <ul>
   *     <li>[caret]
   *         [caret moves here on Enter]
   * </ul>
   */
  class Test {
  }

• Automatic insertion of closing tag — controlled by a corresponding new setting that resides under ‘IDE Settings | Editor | Smart Keys’;
• Customizable font size — documentation popup font size can be changed on the fly with Ctrl+mouse wheel or via a dedicated GUI control:

Stay tuned for the news about IntelliJ IDEA 10.5 EAP availability!