In Eclipse, you press CTRL + SHIFT + O “Organize Imports” to import packages automatically. For IntelliJ IDEA, if you press CTRL + ALT + O “Optimize Imports”, it just removes some unused imports, never imports any package. And the worst is you need click on the class name and press ALT + ENTER keys to import the package one by one.
Solution
The IDEA is working a bit differently, the “unambiguous imports” are imported on the fly, and you need to enable this feature manually.
File –>> Settings –>> Editor –>> General –>> Auto Import –>> Checked these options :
- Add unambiguous imports on the fly
- Optimize imports on the fly
Note
For ambiguous imports (same class name in a different package), you still need click on the class name and press
For ambiguous imports (same class name in a different package), you still need click on the class name and press
ALT + ENTER keys to import the package manually.
Done.
Thank you so much, trying out idea after years in Eclipse, i was wondering WTF , i dont want to import one by one.
Switched to IDEA, and feel the same thing, WTF, import one by one? The option should enabled by default.
From my point of view, this should not be a default option. It causes terrible lag during refactoring…
Useful article, totally agree – it should be a default option.
Can you ket us know about IDEA mac shortcut key
control+shift+o
I don’t know about you but this doesn’t work at all. It works for a few seconds then it freezes leaving un-used imports and no longer importing anything at all. If I go in settings again and disable and re-enable the setting then it works exactly as expected for a few more seconds.
And they charge money for this ide ….
Thanks man! In 2021 isn’t fix that yet?