JetBrains produces a suite of integrated development environments (IDEs) that are highly regarded by developers for their productivity-boosting features and user-friendly interfaces. Some of the most popular JetBrains IDEs include IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, PhpStorm, RubyMine, GoLand and etc.

Here are some things you need to prepare in advance before using them formally.

Disable IDE await

“ide.await.scope.completion” to be a registry option that can be toggled to alter the behavior of JetBrains IDEs during shutdown. Sometimes when you close the IDE, it gets stuck at the ‘Closing Project’ dialog.

Here’s a breakdown of the steps outlined in the workaround:

  1. Select “Help” from the main menu of IDE.
  2. Choose “Find Action.”
  3. Type “Registry…” and select it from the search results.
  4. In the opened list of registry options, find and disable the “ide.await.scope.completion” option.

Shortcut for Open in Terminal

  1. Select “File” from the main menu of IDE.
  2. Choose “Setting”
  3. Select “Keymap” in the open dialog.
  4. Go to “Plugin” - “Terminal” - “Open in Terminal”
  5. Set a shortcut for “Open in Terminal”, “Ctrl + T” is recommended.