How to find where a symbol comes from?

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创建于 2022年08月24日 09:50

Imagine you have multiple wildcard imports in a source file. Or a class/interface that extends multiple interfaces of a deep hierarchy. You've just encountered a symbol and would like to know which expression in the file is responsible for bringing it into scope. Is there any way to highlight such expression in IntelliJ IDEA?

PS: I know multiple ad-hoc ways of figuring this out, but am looking for a shortcut, "single click" solution.

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Yaroslav Bedrov

创建于 2022年08月24日 10:44

Hello,

Could you please provide code example demonstrating the issue?

Alexander Zolotko

创建于 2022年08月24日 11:25

Sure, for example:

import a.b.c.* /* doStuff comes from here */
import x.y.z.* 
 
class MyClass
    extends BaseClass /* doOtherStuff comes from here */ {
  MyClass() {
    doStuff() // when the cursor is here, highlight 'import a.b.c.*'
    doOtherStuff() // when the cursor here, highlight the 'extends BaseClass'
  }
}

Yaroslav Bedrov

创建于 2022年08月24日 11:41

Currently there is no such feature. Feel free to create request on YouTrack: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/IDEA

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