Misplaced background section

Last modified: 01 April 2025

Reports Background sections that are located incorrectly. The Background section must be located before the Scenario section.

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.

GherkinMisplacedBackground
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 | Cucumber

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

PhpStorm 2024.3, Qodana for JS 2025.1, Qodana for PHP 2024.3, Qodana for Ruby 2025.1, RubyMine 2025.1, WebStorm 2025.1

Can be installed with plugin:

Gherkin, 251.24737