Built-in IDE macros

$WORKSPACE_DIR$

The path to the workspace where the current project belongs. The workspace is the root of the open file hierarchy and can include multiple projects.

$PROJECT_DIR$

The root of the project where run.json is located. A project is typically a collection of files for developing and building an application such as a Maven or Node.js project.

$USER_HOME$

User home directory.

$FILE$

The absolute path to the current file, including the extension.

$AffectedModuleNames$

The names of modules that are related to the current file, separated by commas.

$Classpath$

The complete classpath of the project.

$ClasspathEntry$

The entry in the classpath related to the current file.

$ClipboardContent$

The current contents of the system clipboard.

$ColumnNumber$

The column number where the caret is located in the current file.

$ContentRoot$

The path to the content root to which the current file belongs.

$FileClass$

The name of the class defined by the current file.

$FileDir$

The absolute path to the directory that contains the current file.

$FileDirName$

The name of the directory that contains the current file.

$FileDirPathFromParent(dir)$

The path to the directory that contains the current file relative to a parent directory specified as the parameter dir.

$FileDirRelativeToProjectRoot$

The path to the directory that contains the current file relative to the module's content root.

$FileDirRelativeToSourcepath$

The path to the directory that contains the current file relative to the sourcepath root.

$FileEncoding$

The encoding of the current file.

$FileExt$

The extension of the current file.

$FileFQPackage$

The fully qualified package name of the current file.

For example, in the case of com.example.mypackage.MyClass, the fully qualified name of the package is com.example.mypackage.

$FileName$

The name of the current file (including all extensions).

$FileNameWithoutAllExtensions$

The name of the current file without any extensions. This is useful when the file's extension got duplicated. It will remove any periods and everything that follows.

For example, if the file is hello.txt.txt, the $FileNameWithoutAllExtensions$ macro will return hello.

$FileNameWithoutExtension$

The name of the file without the extension. This removes only one occurrence of a period followed by an extension.

For example, if the file is hello.txt.txt, the $FileNameWithoutExtension$ macro will return hello.txt.

$FilePackage$

The immediate package name (not fully qualified) of the current file.

For example, in the case of com.example.mypackage.MyClass, the name of the package is mypackage.

$FileParentDir$

The name of the parent directory to the directory where the current file is located.

$FilePath$

The absolute path to the current file.

$FilePathRelativeToProjectRoot$

The path to the current file relative to the module's content root.

$FilePathRelativeToSourcepath$

The path to the current file relative to the sourcepath root.

$FilePrompt$

Shows the file system dialog to select the file.

$FileRelativeDir$

The path to the directory where the current file is located relative to the module's content root.

$FileRelativePath$

The path to the current file relative to the module's content root.

$IsMake$

Returns true if compilation was performed with make.

$LineNumber$

The line number where the caret is located in the current file.

$ModuleFileDir$

The absolute path to the directory where the current module file is located.

$ModuleFilePath$

The absolute path to the current module file.

$ModuleName$

The name of the current module file without the extension.

$ModuleSourcePath$

The current module's source path.

$OSName$

The name of the operating system in lower case.

It returns the value of System.getProperty("os.name") truncated to the first space character. So it doesn't contain specific versions, only the OS family, such as windows, mac, or linux.

$OutputPath$

The current module's output path.

$ProjectFileDir$

The absolute path to the current project directory.

$ProjectName$

The name of the current project directory.

$Projectpath$

The current project's source path.

$Prompt$

Shows a dialog to pass an arbitrary string.

You can optionally specify prompt text and the default value separated by colons, for example: $Prompt:Username:Alice$

$RemoteProjectFileDir$

The absolute path to the project directory on a remote server.

$SelectedText$

The text currently selected in the editor.

$SelectionEndColumn$

The column number where the selection ends.

$SelectionEndLine$

The line number where the selection ends.

$SelectionStartColumn$

The column number where the selection starts.

$SelectionStartLine$

The line number where the selection starts.

$Sourcepath$

The complete sourcepath of the project.

$SourcepathEntry$

The entry in the sourcepath related to the current file.

$TempDir$

The directory for temporary files.

On Windows, it either returns the value of the %TEMP% environment variable or falls back to AppData\Local\Temp under the user's home directory (as returned by System.getProperty("user.home")) .

On other operating systems, $TempDir$ returns /tmp.

$UnixSeparators(path)$

Takes a path as the parameter and converts all separators to forward slashes.

For example, $UnixSeparators(\foo\bar)$ will return /foo/bar.