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Overly long function

Reports an overly long function. Function length is calculated by counting up the number of non-empty statements in the function. Functions that are too long are error-prone and difficult to test.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

FunctionTooLongJS
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript and TypeScript | Function metrics

Use the field below to specify the maximum acceptable number of statements in a function.

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the Overly long function inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Maximum statements per function

30

Last modified: 11 September 2024