HTML
IntelliJ IDEA brings powerful support for HTML that includes syntax and error highlighting, formatting according to the code style, structure validation, code completion, on-the-fly preview during a debugging session (Live Edit), and much more.
HTML specification is configurable with the Default HTML language level preference on the Languages and Frameworks | Schemas and DTDs page of the Settings/Preferences Ctrl+Alt+S. By default, specification HTML 5.0 from W3C is assumed. Creating an HTML fileFrom the main menu, select File | New, and then select HTML File from the list. IntelliJ IDEA creates a stub file based on the HTML file template and opens it in the editor. Creating references in an HTML file
Inside a
Alternatively, in the Project tool window, select the JavaScript, CSS, or image file you want to reference and drag it into the HTML file. IntelliJ IDEA generates the
From the list, select Wrap with Tag. IntelliJ IDEA encloses the selection in a pair of brackets (<> and >).
Type the tag inside the opening brackets <>. IntelliJ IDEA automatically fills in the tag in the closing brackets >.
Learn more from Generate code. Documentation look-up
For most HTML tags and attributes IntelliJ IDEA can show you a summary from the corresponding MDN article. This summary is displayed in the Documentation popup which also shows the deprecation status of a tag or an attribute and information on its compatibility with various browsers.
If the tag or the attribute is available in all versions of browsers, IntelliJ IDEA does not show any information about its compatibility.
Otherwise, the Documentation popup also lists the browsers and their versions that support the tag or the attribute. Compatibility is checked only for Chrome, Chrome Android, Safari, Safari iOS, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Edge.
If the tag or the attribute is deprecated, the popup also informs you about this status. View documentation for a tag or an attributePosition the caret at the tag or the attribute and press Ctrl+Q or select View | Quick Documentation Lookup from the main menu.
When you hover the mouse pointer over a tag or an attribute, IntelliJ IDEA immediately displays the reference for it in the Documentation popup.
You can turn off this behavior or configure the popup to appear faster or slower, see Configuring the behavior of Documentation popup below. Configure the behavior of Documentation popupTo turn off showing documentation automatically, open the Settings/Preferences dialog Ctrl+Alt+S, go to Editor | Code Editing, and clear the Show quick documentation on mouse move checkbox.
To have the Documentation popup shown faster or slower, open the Settings/Preferences dialog Ctrl+Alt+S, go to Editor | General | Code Completion, then select the Show the documentation popup checkbox and specify the delay time. Open the MDN documentation for tags and attributes in the browserIn the Documentation popup Ctrl+Q, click the link at the bottom.
Press Shift+F1 or select View | External Documentation from the main menu. Previewing output of an HTML file in a browserTo preview PHP pages in the browser, you need to create at least one deployment configuration and mark it as default. Select View | Open in Browser from the main menu and then select the desired browser from the list. To open the IntelliJ IDEA default browser, select Default.
Alternatively, hover your mouse pointer over the code to show the browser icons popup, and click the icon that indicates the desired browser:
To hide all the icons or some of them, clear the Active checkboxes for the unnecessary browsers on the Web Browsers page.
To suppress showing the browser icons popup, clear the For HTML files checkbox.
If you have only one browser configured, just press Alt+F2. Viewing HTML source code of a web page in the editorPress Ctrl+Shift+A and select Open Source Code from URL... from the list.
In the Open URL dialog that opens, type the URL address of the web page or choose a previously opened URL from the list. Viewing embedded images
IntelliJ IDEA offers several ways to view images embedded in an HTML file. You can use navigation to source, open an image in an external graphical editor, or preview images on-the-fly. View images in IntelliJ IDEASelect the image file in the Project tool window and press F4.
Alternatively, position the caret at the reference to the image in the editor and press Ctrl+B
To preview an image in a popup instead of in a separate tab, select the reference to it and press Ctrl+Shift+I View images in an external editorSelect the image file in the Project tool window, and select Jump to external editor or press Ctrl+Alt+F4.
In the Images dialog that opens, specify the path to the desired external editor. Extracting an include file
You can extract a fragment of HTML code into a separate include file. Entire JavaScript code blocks inside a
In the Extract Include File dialog that opens, specify the name of the include file without the extension and the directory to store it in. You can accept the predefined directory or select another one.
Click OK, when ready. IntelliJ IDEA extracts the selected source code into the specified file in the target directory and generates the corresponding reference in the source file. Configuring syntax highlighting
You can configure HTML-aware syntax highlighting according to your preferences and habits. In the Settings/Preferences dialog Ctrl+Alt+S, go to Editor | Color Scheme | HTML.
Select the color scheme, accept the highlighting settings inherited from defaults or customize them as described in Configuring colors and fonts.
Last modified: 09 September 2020