PhpStorm 2024.3: "Old UI" not available anymore?
Hi all,
I recently upgraded from 2024. something (I think 2024.2 or so) where I could still enable the old UI, to the latest 2024.3 and it seems the new UI was re-forced to me again.
How to deactivate it?
I'm satisfied with the old UI. I'm a tech expert and developer, I do not need fancy shiny UIs where every function is hidden behind a neat-looking UI in burried menues. I want to be fast, efficient and therefore re-enable the old UI.
How to do it? Or do I need to switch to a different product now!?
Thanks!
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Hi Bjoern Fw ,
The new UI became the default one in 2024.2. Please see these two blog posts for details:
If adjusting the new UI in accordance with your needs doesn't work for you for some reason, consider installing the Classic UI plugin in Settings | Plugins: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/24468-classic-ui. Please note that it has some limitations.
Interesting, that maybe with PHPStorem 2024.2.5 which I used before, motsly probably I had the Classic UI plugin installed and maybe it got lost when upgrading to 2024.3.
Anyhow, I downgraded now to 2024.2.5 again and everything works as I want it to.
Let's see how long this version suffices. Hardly any dev wants the new UI, funny it's forced to us. This is something for managers, not for devs.
I get what they're trying to do (the minimalist interface is probably based in UI/UX research and it's likely easier to use), but many devs like myself have spent too much time trying to learn the “classic” UI and we've become power users with it.
I don't appreciate coming into work with tight deadlines brewing, randomly running PHPStorm updates so I can continue to use some “out of date”, disabled plugins, restarting PHPStorm, and getting a new UI installed without warning. I'm really glad there's a Classic UI plugin to allow the rollback.
To Jetbrains: I strongly recommend that the update process has a modal that says, “We updated your UI because it is the default going forward and will not be supporting the old UI anymore. If you want to roll it back again, there's the Classic UI plugin available. We recommend learning the new UI to be prepared for when the Classic UI plugin is no longer supported by its developer."