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PHPStorm don't run search in background

I'm sorry to ask this here, but I've searched for a while with no results. Can anyone tell me how, once having clicked "Background" on PHPStorm's search window, I can restore it to run regularly? kinda driving me crazy here :/

Solution

  • To see background tasks (and be able to cancel it) check this official manual page.

    To make Search functionality not to run in background, do these steps:

    • Close IDE completely

    • Search for ide.general.xml file and open it in any text editor. For Windows 7 and PhpStorm v8 it would be C:\Users\USERNAME\.WebIde80\config\options\ide.general.xml. For other OS check this document.

    • Look for searchInBackground text. e.g. <option name="searchInBackground" ...

    • Either delete that node completely .. or change value to be false instead of true.

    • Save changes made to this file and launch IDE.