Edit/Run debug configurations please offer the option not to format command line options.
With the latest version command line options are reformatted so every space is a new line, this really really annoying.
I'm not sure what was wrong with the way it was done before but this isn't an improvement.
For instance
-d 1232 -x -y something
is formatted
as
-d
1232
-x
-y
something
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What is the type of configuration? Reformatting should only be triggered when the field is expanded:
Yes it is reformatted when expanded and it is garish, this new layout is a UX failure.
If you look at the second panel you posted, notice all the blank space between the "Open run/debug" button and the bottom of the panel each of those input fields could be on their own line and stretch the length of the panel making editing and understanding what's in the field easier.
I like the way the panel was before, not every change is an improvement.
This new panel layout is a failure in my opinion and I don't recall the last time Intellij has made a change that I found something so objectionable (and I've been using Intellij sine the early 2000's)
As for blank space, we are working on it in the scope of https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-245877. Some improvements are already included in 2020.3.1
As for "One program argument per line", I created bug request for that: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-258419. Please follow it to receive updates.
By the way, you can bring old UI back via the "ide.new.run.config" registry option:
Thank you so much, I much prefer the ide.old.run.config !