IntelliJ IDEA 2023.2 Help

Go configuration

In IntelliJ IDEA, you can configure settings for rename operations, suggestions in the code completion list, quick documentation, and so on. To set these options, open settings by pressing Control+Alt+S and navigate to Languages & Frameworks | Go | Go.

General settings for go

Item

Description

Suggest parameters name in completion

Generates variable names for parameters. For example, if you select the error interface from the code completion list, IntelliJ IDEA will generate the err variable name. For interfaces from the context package, IntelliJ IDEA generates the ctx name.

Suggest parameters name in completion

Suggest variants which require additional imports as you type

Adds variants of code constructs, which require you to import packages, to the code completion list.

Enabled

Disabled

Suggest variants which require additional imports on
Suggest variants which require additional imports off

Indent on enter in raw strings

Keeps an indent for raw string literals when you press Enter. Raw string literals are character sequences between grave accent marks (for example, `if a == 3{}`).

Enabled

Disabled

Indent on enter in raw strings is enabled
Indent on enter in raw strings is disabled

Show documentation in parameter info

Displays documentation about a function.

Enabled

Disabled

Indent on enter in raw strings is enabled
Indent on enter in raw strings is disabled

Detect go packages from clipboard

Displays a dialog with a suggestion to add a package to GOPATH. The dialog appears when you copy a link to the package that is not in your GOPATH yet (for example, github.com/go-git/go-git).

Enable generics (experimental support for type parameters)

Enables the experimental support for type parameters that were introduced by the following draft to support the generic programming.

When directory is renamed

Performs the selected action when you rename a directory in a project.

When package is renamed

Performs the selected action when you rename a package in a project.

When file is renamed

Performs the selected action when you rename a file in a project.

Last modified: 05 September 2023