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IntelliJ not recognizing a particular file correctly, instead it's stuck as a text file

There is a freemarker file (ftl) in my IntelliJ project that is incorrectly recognized as a text file. There are many of the same type that are correct.

I am aware of the "Mark as text" option. This may be the original reason this file was marked as text but I am not provided with a "mark as ftl file" option to turn it back, if indeed this is the problem. If I mark other ftl files as txt, I am able to turn them back into ftl files as expected.

Solution

  • Please ensure that this file (or a pattern that represents it) is not listed under

    Settings → Editor → File Types→ Text

    For OS X

    Preferences → Editor → File Types→ Text

    Sometimes the file or pattern are stuck under File type auto-detected by file content instead of Text.