Cannot show node_modules folder in Project tool window
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Problem: Folder node_modules is not visible in the Project tool window, even though the Show Excluded Folders option is checked.
Already checked on:
- In Preferences|Directories, in left column, node_modules folder is listed as Excluded, but,
- cannot change status in right column, because folder doesn't appear there (see image).
- No option to Mark Directory As...
- Makes no difference if Preferences|Languages|JavaScript|Libraries has node_modules enabled or not.
What to do?
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@Matthias Schulz @Andriy Bazanov
I had the same problem to display node_modules even without having Vue plugin, as many others said that it could hide the node_modules folder.
NOTE: YOU DON'T NEED to reset your IDE-wide settings and restore it, as you may lose your preferences like ColorScheme, Keymaps and so on. Instead check whether the node_modules folder is ignored or not in File Types.
I've spent many hours to figure that out.
TO FIX: In my case, remove node_modules from the list of ignored files it will solve the question. Hope it helps others Googlers facing the same problem, which is not an issue with PHPStorm.
You probably want to right click the project window tool and show excluded files :)
Hi there,
Do you have Vue.js support plugin installed by any chance? Remove it -- it hides node_modules folder from Project View.
if it's not caused by that plugin -- have a look at this thread then: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/208376385-How-to-unexclude-node-modules-in-2016-2-2-
Ahmed Hajjar you are right ,thanks
@Adriano Rosa THX – that solved my problem as well.
Vue.js was the problem. Thanks!
Props Andriy! That was exactly the culprit.
Hi!
sadly i have the same problem (since a long time). On my system i found no way to show the node_modules folder at all. It is either excluded nor i have installed the Vue plugin. i have attached two images, showing a screen of IntelliJ Projectview and a screen right from the filesystem. Any ideas?
I just tried, what happens if i run IntelliJ under a new macOS-User-Account with fresh settings. And there the node_modules folder is displayed.
@Matthias Schulz
>On my system i found no way to show the node_modules folder at all. It is either excluded nor i have installed the Vue plugin.
Does it behave the same with brand new projects (using the same old user profile)?
You may try backing up and deleting existing IDE-wide settings and configure IDE from scratch (well, most of the config files could be then recovered back from a backup -- as long as you will not restore "problematic" file as well; but stuff like Keymap, Code Style, Color Scheme, External Tools should be restored with no issues)
Directories used by the IDE to store settings, caches, plugins and logs
Yes - it behave the same with every new project with my current profile. I'll try to reset all setting. Thanks you so far Andriy.
I finally deleted .idea folder and reopened. node_modules were visible, but then over the period of the last three days IntelliJ has been freezing up (im guessing indexing this huge codebase). I just need to edit code, and debugging is REALLY nice but useless if the IDE is frozen.
I am an all product subscription customer, I love Jet Brains but can't justify spending money on something that slows me down. :(
To understand what's happening there for you, we need to take a look at the logs. Please wait for it to freeze again, restart the IDE, collect the logs with
Help | Compress Logsand submit the archive within a support ticket: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-usAhmed Hajjar this worked for me. Thanks a lot!