Create files and directories

In the Project view Alt+1, select the directory where you want a class to be created, and press Alt+Insert.

From the popup menu, select Ruby File/Class.

In the New Ruby File/Class popup, do one of the following:

• To create a new Ruby file, enter its name and make sure that File is selected.

  

• To create a Ruby class, switch to Class and specify the class name.

  

  RubyMine allows you to create classes prepended by modules. If required, prepend the class name with the module name:

  

  In this case, the created file will look as follows:

  

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  Note that names of Ruby classes and modules should start with an uppercase letter.

• To create a Ruby module, switch to Module and specify the module name.

Press Enter.

In the Project view Alt+1, right-click the directory where you want to create a new one and select New | Directory from the context menu. Alternatively, click the parent directory, press Alt+Insert, and then select Directory from the list.

In the popup that opens, specify the directory name. To create several nested directories, use slashes as separators, for example, views/shared.

In the Project view Alt+1, select the directory where you want to create a file, press Alt+Insert, and then select File from the list.

In the New File dialog that opens, type the filename and extension. You can type the whole directory structure before the new filename. If the nested directories do not yet exist, they will be created.

If the specified extension is not associated with any file type recognized in RubyMine, the Register New File Type Association dialog opens where you can associate the extension with one of the recognized file types. See Set file type associations for details.

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If there are no appropriate file types for the new extension, most likely, you need to install the corresponding repository plugin as described in Manage plugins.