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Hide Full Path Next to Project in IntelliJ?

I've been using IntelliJ, and I'm kind of annoyed by the full path being displayed next to the project name in the project view. I am aware that this question has been asked before, here. However, it is two years old and for AppCode, and I was wondering if IntelliJ has been updated to allow disabling this.

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Solution

  • There is no such setting.

    https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-126014 -- watch this ticket (star/vote/comment) to get notified on any progress.

    UPDATE (2018-05-24):

    Since 2018.1 version it's now possible to hide such a path by using special/internal option ( check this comment for details ).

    For this you need to perform the following steps:

    • Use Main Menu | Help | Edit Custom Properties... inside the IDE
    • Agree to create a file if it does not exist
    • Insert the option without leading -D part (just put project.tree.structure.show.url=false on an empty line)
    • Save the file
    • Restart your IDE to see the changes

    Alternatively you can do the same via internal Registry (this way was added a version or two later):

    • Help | Find Action... (or Search Everywhere, Actions tab -- the same thing)
    • Type registry there
    • Locate and invoke Registry... entry
    • Inside the Registry window locate that project.tree.structure.show.url entry (just start typing) and make sure it is disabled/unticked
    • Save the changes
    • Restart your IDE to see the changes

    I'm using this and it works just fine for me since 2018.x (PhpStorm user here).