Auto Import

Use this page to configure the auto-import behavior for C/C++ and other languages.

C/C++/Objective-C

Show import popup	Suggest creating imports for symbols that lack import statements (enabled by default).
Auto import in completion	Automatically insert an import statement during code completion (enabled by default).
Auto import local files with quotes	Silently add `#include` directives for project files (enabled by default).
Sort includes	Sort the inserted `include`-s according to the rules specified in .clang-format.

XML

Show auto-import tooltip	Automatically show an auto-import tooltip when typing the name of an unbound namespace.

Python

Show import popup

Automatically display an import popup dialog when typing the name of a class that lacks an import statement.

Preferred import style

Select the style of import statement to be generated. The possible options are:

from <module> import <name>
import <module>.<name>

TypeScript/JavaScript

Add ES6 imports on code completion

If this checkbox is selected, CLion automatically inserts an import statement in JavaScript code when you complete a symbol exported using ES6 exports in another project file:
When the checkbox is cleared, on pressing Alt+Enter CLion shows a popup that suggests to import the symbol:
Completion and auto-import also work for React components, including stateless components. CLion properly detects them, provides code completion, and adds import statements automatically:

Add TypeScript imports automatically

Select this checkbox if you want CLion to generate import statements in TypeScript code. Use the checkboxes below to choose when import generation will be invoked.

On code completion If this checkbox is selected, CLion automatically inserts an import statement in TypeScript code when you complete a symbol exported in another project file.
With auto-import tooltip If this checkbox is selected, CLion shows a tooltip with an import suggestion when you position the caret at an unresolved symbol that can be imported. When the checkbox is cleared, you can invoke import generation only be pressing Alt+Enter.
Unambiguous imports on the fly With this checkbox selected, CLion adds import statements when you type your code or paste a fragment with a symbol that is not yet imported if there is only one source to import the symbol from.

When you are using ES6 modules in a browser that requires full file names, for example, in Chrome, it is important that the names of ES6 modules in import statements have the .js extensions.

To add the extension automatically in the JavaScript context, select the Use file extension in module name checkbox on the Imports tab of the Code Style: JavaScript page.
To add the extension automatically in the TypeScript context, select the Use .js file extension in module name checkbox on the Imports tab of the Code Style: TypeScript page.

Last modified: 25 July 2022