GUI Designer Files

At design time, GUI information is stored in special files with a .form extension. These files are XML files that conform to a special schema. You can put the .form files into any version control system. A form can be associated with a Java source file.

For more information on how to work with GUI forms, refer to Creating and Opening Forms.

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IntelliJ IDEA does not provide the means to open the XML source of the .form files in the text editor, and you should not modify these files manually as text.