Opening in terminal
According to the https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/terminal-emulator.html, "the Terminal runs with the current directory set to the root directory of the current project. You can change the default start directory in the Terminal settings or right-click any file (for example, in the Project tool window or any open tab) and select Open in Terminal: this will run the terminal in the directory of that file."
In my case both options do not work. My project is located in /Users/John/Desktop/X/myProject but terminal always opens on /Users/John/Desktop/ if I right click and choose Open in terminal. I checked the preferences and the start directory is set to /Users/John/Desktop/X/myProject. Drag and drop of a file also results in having /Users/John/Desktop/ displayed in terminal.
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Default start directory for terminal can be changed in Settings (Preferences on macOS) | Tools | Terminal | Project settings | Start directory. What do you have there? Does it help to set it there?
>or right-click any file (for example, in the Project tool window or any open tab) and select Open in Terminal: this will run the terminal in the directory of that file.
This will not set the default directory to a directory of this file. The documentation text is confusing. We will correct it.
The start directory is set to /Users/John/Desktop/X/myProject but, as already said, it always opens on Desktop so I need to to do additional cd to get to where I want.
I use Intellij Ultimate 2019.2.1.
Does it start in this directory even when you open Terminal tool window?
Please attach screenshot of Terminal settings.