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Overly nested function

Reports a function whose body contains statements that are too deeply nested within other statements. Such functions may be confusing and indicate that refactoring may be necessary.

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.

OverlyNestedFunctionJS
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 provided below to specify the maximum acceptable nesting depth allowed in a function.

Inspection options

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

Nesting depth limit

5

Last modified: 11 September 2024