This repository is a collection of tips & tricks for GoLand that can be tried any time by users.
Feel free to contribute or open issues for various features that you'd like to see added.
Each file contains a small description of what to do.
There are two types of important comments:
// Step X.-> this allows you to perform actions in a certain order// E.g.-> this allows you to know what to do at that specific point
The tips and tricks can be found divided by a few major categories:
| Tip number | Contents | New in |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Import a package without typing its name | |
| 002 | Smart Type Completion | |
| 003 | Postfix Completion | |
| 004 | Method-like Completion | |
| 005 | (Custom) Live Templates. Use of builtin completion templates helpers | |
| 006 | Partial Match Completion | |
| 007 | Completion with Tab | |
| 008 | Completion for type-assertion | |
| 009 | Parameter name auto-generation | |
| 010 | Date/Time completion | 2020.3 |
| Tip number | Contents | New in |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Cyclic Expand Word / Cyclic Expand Word (Backward) | |
| 002 | Parameter Info for functions and structs | |
| 003 | Language Injections | |
| 004 | Go Templates support | |
| 005 | Create undefined type. Use multi-cursor for struct tag Live Template. | |
| 006 | Extend/Shrink Selection | |
| 007 | Add Selection for Next Occurrence | |
| 008 | Completion in comments | |
| 009 | Function/struct literals wrapping/chopping styles | 2020.2 |
| Tip number | Contents | New in |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Detect and navigate to duplicate tags of fields in a structure | 2020.2 |
| 002 | Inspection for int to string conversion (e.g. string(int)) |
2020.2 |
| 003 | Inspection for lost context cancel call | 2020.3 |
| Tip number | Contents | New in |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Go mod completions support. Inspection from the IDE for local paths. |
| Tip number | Contents | New in |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Navigate to File. Switcher. Recent Files. Recent Locations. | |
| 002 | Navigate to File. Structure Pop-up. Select in. | |
| 003 | Type Hierarchy. Call Hierarchy | |
| 004 | Navigate to/from symbols referenced in documentation comments | 2020.2 |
| Tip number | Contents | New in |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Implement Interface | |
| 002 | Change Signature refactoring. Move refactoring | |
| 003 | Extract Interface refactoring | |
| 004 | Introduce Constant/Variable refactoring. Inline refactoring |
| Tip number | Contents | New in |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | Completion in breakpoints | |
| 002 | Generate test for function. Use auto-test for testing changes. | |
| 003 | Debugger Labels | |
| 004 | Benchmark support | |
| 005 | Smart Step Into. Debugger custom values for types using DebugString/String/Error methods. | |
| 006 | Goroutines dumping | 2020.3 |
| 007 | Run subtests in table tests | 2020.3 |
To see the shortcuts in a nicer manner, setup the following TODOs:
// E.g.->\b(E\.g\. )\b.*, Case Sensitive, Color #35C03B// Step x.->\b(Step \d\. )\b.*, Case Sensitive, Color #35C03B// Shortcut:->\b(Shortcut: )\b.*, Case Sensitive, Color #2B80C0
Do you have a favorite tip or trick, and you want to see it here?
Send a PR at any time, and we'll add it!
Apache 2, see the license.