Intention “Sort Content” not availlable on some enum files in IntelliJ IDEA

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Permanently deleted user

Created May 29, 2020 08:49

IntelliJ has an Intention to sort the members of an enum alphabetically, we use this to avoid merge conflicts when adding new members to the enum.

This works for the majority of our enum files, but doesn't seem availlable for a couple of enums.

I know the intention doesn't show up when the members are already sorted, but this isn't the case.

Is there another condition for this intention to show up ?

I am using IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1.1

UPDATE: it seems that when the name of EVERY member in the enum is changed (by adding temporary suffix with find and replace) the Sort Intention becomes availlable, this is a workaround, but nog a solution on the long term.

5 comments

Konstantin Annikov

Created May 29, 2020 10:13

There are no reported bugs regarding "Sort Content" and enums.

Can you show the code sample where the intention is not working, so I can reproduce the case?

Permanently deleted user

Created June 10, 2020 00:10

Hello, I can show code sample:

public enum A {
    // alt + enter -> sort content available

    ELEM_1,
    ELEM_3,
    ELEM_2;
}

public enum B {
    // alt + enter -> sort content unavailable

    ELEM_1(A.ELEM_1),
    ELEM_3(A.ELEM_3),
    ELEM_2(A.ELEM_2);

    private final A a;

    B(A a) {
        this.a = a;
    }

    public A getA() {
        return a;
    }
}

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Konstantin Annikov

Created June 10, 2020 06:41

Created bug request for you. Feel free to follow for updates: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-243027

Permanently deleted user

Created June 10, 2020 09:03

Sort content available for enums with constructor:

public enum C {
    // alt + enter -> sort content available

    ELEM_1("ELEM_1"),
    ELEM_3("ELEM_3"),
    ELEM_2("ELEM_2");

    private final String str;

    C(String str) {
        this.str = str;
    }

    public String getStr() {
        return str;
    }
}

Sorting is not available when using enum elements in a constructor.

Konstantin Annikov

Created June 10, 2020 09:26

Thanks, edited.

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