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Bring back a closed file watcher notification in PhpStorm

I am using PhpStorm in my project which includes a .scss file. I have been using a third party program to compile sass files. now I decided to use PhpStorm internal File Watcher.

I have followed the instruction to setup ruby on my Windows and now I want to use File Watcher.

The problem is I have closed the notification box for file watcher ( you know that box with a round close icon appears in the right top ) now I want to bring it back. How can I do that?

Solution

  • If such notification was disabled for specific file type, then to bring such notification back do the following:

    1. Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Tools | File Watchers
    2. Click on Edit Suppressed File Watchers icon (the icon that looks like guy in a hat; it may look like it's disabled, but it's actually working)
    3. Remove specific entry from that list

    If we talking about notification in general -- have a look at Settings (Preferences on Mac) | Appearance & Behaviour | Notifications -- possibly you have disabled "File Watchers" entry altogether.

    I personally see no reason about enabling such notification again (unless you want to have it in other projects). I would just go and create required File Watcher straight away (IDE should help with default values). In any case, here is a official article/how-to: https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/PhpStorm/File+Watchers+in+PhpStorm