Things possible in Eclipse that aren’t possible in IntelliJ? [closed]

Answer 1

In eclipse you can maximize the editor and in IntelliJ you can click escape, which is similar functionality. But in eclipse you can restore. There's no equivalent "un-maximize" in IntelliJ which is even more frustrating.

Answer 2

A working subversion integration, have a look at the bugs of the idea subversion plugin.

Answer 3

I've summed up my comparison of Eclipse 3.6 and IntelliJ 10.5 in a blog (focused more on what I like in II or miss there compared to Eclipse)

Answer 4

In eclipse it is possible to get annoyed by making a 10x10 editing area ( cols/row ) and see all the other windows at the same time.

In IntelliJ this in not possible since the 'ESC' key will close them all.

Ok, ok, I'm sorry I have to do it, shoot me now

Answer 5

I tried to switch to IntelliJ because of the new Android Studio. But I'm very disappointed now. I'm using Eclipse with the Code Recommenders Plugin. Here is a simple example why Eclipse is so awesome:

I want to create a new SimpleTimeZone. SimpleTimeZone has no Constructor with zero arguments.

Ctrl + Space in Eclipse

Ctrl + Space in IntelliJ

In IntelliJ I get no informations what kind of constructors SimpleTimeZone has.

After Enter in Eclipse

I get the previously selected constructor filled with predefined variable names. And I can see the type of every argument. With Code Recommenders Eclipse guesses the right constructor by the previously defined variable types in the current scope and fills the constructor with these vars.

After Enter in IntelliJ nothing happens. I get an empty constructor. I have to press Ctrl + P to see the expected arguments.

or try something simple. Type

syso<Ctrl+Space>

Eclipse: System.out.println()

IntelliJ: syso

Answer 6

Idea has no drools plugin and external editors (like excel) are hard to integrate.