How to add semicolon after method call when inside

Question

I'm finally making the voyage back to IntelliJ via Eclipse. Currently my Eclipse is set up so that if I currently have a statement such as this (where ^ denotes where my cursor currently sits):

foo.bar("hello"^)

and I hit the semi-colon (;) key, it will automatically put the semi-colon at the end of the statement:

foo.bar("hello");

Currently IntelliJ does this:

foo.bar("hello";)

Meaning I will have to explicitly type the closing bracket before typing the semi-colon.

Not a huge problem obviously but I have found myself putting the semi-colon in the wrong place a few times today as I make the transition back to IntelliJ and thought that it may be more efficient (for both my fingers and brain) not to have to type the closing bracket.

Answer 1

For Windows users, Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

For macOS/OS X users, ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+Enter.

That finishes the statement you're currently writing. Try it in a few different situations, like in if statements, for loops etc, and you'll see that it'll complete the line and open some curly braces for you if necessary.

Answer 2

You can add a keymap of your own. I added Ctrl+; to my Keymaps for the "Complete Current Statement" action. This saved me an extra key stroke and made it a little bit more intuitive.

1. Go to Settings > Keymap
2. In the search box, enter "Complete Current Statement".
3. Right-click on the entry and select "Add Keyboard shortcut"
4. With the First Stroke field hightlighted, enter your key combination. E.g., Ctrl+;, which will display as Ctrl+Semicolon
5. Click OK, and OK to save and exit.

You can opt to remove or keep the existing mapping. Should look something like this when you're done: