Auto import

Last modified: 19 March 2022

If you use a type, an interface, a method, or a function that you haven't imported yet, the IDE shows you a tooltip prompting to add a missing import statement so that you don't have to add it manually. Press Alt+Enter to accept the suggestion.

If there's more than one possible source of import, pressing Alt+Enter will open the list of suggestions.

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Automatically add import statements

Disable import tooltips

When tooltips are disabled, unresolved references are underlined and marked with the red bulb icon the Quick-fix button.

Disable all tooltips

  • Hover the mouse over the inspection widget in the top-right corner of the editor, click More, and disable the Show Auto-Import Tooltip option.

    The Show Auto-Import Tooltip option toggles the auto-import feature. The setting does not influence the auto import functionality when you select constraints from the code completion list.

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Disable auto import

If you want to completely disable auto-import, make sure that:

Exclude packages from auto import

The list of import suggestions may include packages that you don't need. You can exclude redundant entries from automatic import so that the list of suggestions contains only relevant items.

Optimize imports

The Optimize Imports feature helps you remove unused imports and organize import statements in the current file or in all files in a directory at once according to the rules specified in Settings/Preferences | Editor | Code Style | <language> | Imports.

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You can exclude specific files and folders from import optimization. For more information, refer to Exclude files from reformatting.

Optimize all imports

  1. Select a file or a directory in the Project tool window (View | Tool Windows | Project).

  2. Do any of the following:

    • From the main menu, select Code | Optimize Imports (or press Ctrl+Alt+O).

    • From the context menu, select Optimize Imports.

  3. (If you've selected a directory) Choose whether you want to optimize imports in all files in the directory, or only in locally modified files (if your project is under version control), and click Run.

Optimize imports in a single file

  1. Place the caret at the import statement and press Alt+Enter or use the the Intention action button icon.

  2. Select Optimize imports.

Remove use statement

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To optimize imports in a file, you can also press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L, select Optimize imports, and click Run.

Optimize imports when committing changes to Git

If your project is under version control, you can instruct GoLand to optimize imports in modified files before committing them to VCS.

  1. Press Ctrl+K or select Git | Commit from the main menu.

  2. Click Show Commit Options and in the Before commit area, select the Optimize imports checkbox.

Automatically optimize imports on save

You can configure the IDE to optimize imports in modified files automatically when your changes are saved.

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and select Tools | Actions on Save.

  2. Enable the Optimize imports option.

    Additionally, from the All file types list, select the types of files in which you want to optimize imports.

  3. Apply the changes and close the dialog.

Use the goimports -local grouping

When you use this grouping, GoLand puts all imports that begin with the specified string after third-party packages.

  1. Open settings by pressing Ctrl+Alt+S and navigate to Editor | Code Style | Go.

  2. Click the Imports tab.

  3. From the Sorting type list, select goimports.

  4. Select the Group checkbox.

  5. Click the Imports starting with radio button and type the grouping prefix in the text field.

    The goimports -local grouping

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