Little-known features

Language injection

If you want to write strings containing other languages (JSON, regexes), it’s hard to keep up with escaping symbols, and it would be nice to get some code assist.

1. Put your cursor inside an empty string
2. ALT + ENTER
3. Pick “Inect language or reference”

4. Pick the desirable language (RegExp in my case) from the pop-up

5. Again use ALT + ENTER and pick Edit regex fragment

6. In the new tool window enter the regex - note how it’s automatically mapped to a properly escaped Java string. Similarly for JSON the indents will be placed properly.

Quick Preview

[Check screencast video on YouTube about this feature](https://youtu.be/D6YlYZVprCw)

IntelliJ provides a quick-preview feature called Viewing Definition. Using this feature allows a user to quickly see the contents of a method/class without navigating into the class itself

• OS X - (⌘+Y) or (⌥+Space)
• Unix / Windows - Ctrl+Shift+I

Example: Looking into Arrays.copyOfRange():

Verifying if you’ve selected the right class in Search:

Or a quick look at some project files: