find usages

Not a week without a new feature! We've just released IntelliJ IDEA 132.719, the next preview build of the upcoming IntelliJ IDEA 13. This update brings you improved Find Usages: frequently used symbols e.g. getInstance(), getName(), etc.) appear faster than before, thanks to the extended index that now includes not only symbol names, but their classes also. Another noticeable improvement is the Emmet preview. With the new build you can see the preview for your Emmet abbreviation before you actually expanded it. This feature is disabled by default, to enable it go to Settings &rar

Sometimes you invoke an action and you don't get what you wanted immediately. In such cases it may help to invoke the action again by pressing the same shortcut. In basic code completion (Ctrl+Space) this will list non-imported classes: It works in similar way for smart-type and class name completions: In File Structure popup (Ctrl+F12) you will show inherited members with it: When introducing a variable (Ctrl+Alt+V), you may want to reassign an existing one instead: I may have missed something, but all this is already available in IntelliJ IDEA 11. And there's a couple more nice t

In IDEA 10.5 "Find Usages" (Alt-F7) results for tables and columns include database schema usages, i.e. references in indices, primary and foreign keys, see screenshot below: Develop with pleasure!