Postfix Completion

Enable postfix completion

• Select this checkbox to have IntelliJ IDEA transform expressions with postfixes into other expressions by expanding postfix-specific templates. When the checkbox is selected, choose the postfixes to apply transformations to by selecting the checkboxes next to postfixes in the list below.

• When this checkbox is cleared, no template expansion is applied.

Expand templates with

From this list, choose the keyboard key that will invoke template expansion. The available options are: Tab, Enter, or Space.

List of available postfix templates

To enable or disable a template, select or clear the checkbox next to it. When you select a template, the right pane shows its description and illustrates how it works by displaying the expression before and after the template is applied.

Custom templates can be copied, updated, and removed. For predefined templates you can only change their postfixes, for example, to replace a long key with a shorter one, or to expand the list of expression types where a template can be applied.

• To add a custom template, click and create a new template in the dialog that opens.

• To remove a template, select it in the list and click . Note that you can remove only user-defined templates. For the predefined ones the icon is not available.

• To edit a template, select it and click .

• To copy a template, select it in the list and click .