Software Update: IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2.1

JetBrains releases several development environments, such as IntelliJ Idea targeting Java, CLion targeting C and C++ and DataGrip targeting sql. PhpStorm is PHP focused and offers on-the-fly error prevention, autocompletion, code refactoring and debugging, and also handles HTML, CSS, Coffee and JavaScript. For an overview of the possibilities, we refer to this page. To use PhpStorm is a license required. For business and home use you will have to pay for it, but if the software is used for education or non-commercial open source projects, the license is free. JetBrains has released version 2021.2.1 of PhpStorm and the main improvements made to it can be found below:

Here is a list of the most significant fixes included in IntelliJ IDEA 2021.2.1:

• Fixed the behavior of the Ctrl+Shift+←/→ shortcuts: they now correctly extend the text selection before or after the caret. [IDEA-267294]
• Fixed the issues causing the file type setting to be reset when the IDE restarted. [IDEA-274889]
• Fixed Maven multi-module recognition in WSL 2. [IDEA-265900]
• Fixed the Run/Debug Configuration issue: when you click the Run button, the IDE runs the configuration selected in the combo box. [IDEA-244454]
• Fixed several shortcut issues in the IntelliJ IDEA terminal. [IDEA-271542], [IDEA-271777], [IDEA-274574]
• Fixed the problem causing the IDE to freeze when opening a project from WSL 2. [IDEA-273398]
• Fixed the problem causing the JPA Buddy plugin to be deleted upon upgrading to the latest version. [IDEA-270342]
• Fixed Find Action to correctly search for queries typed in English even if you are using a localized version. [IDEA-250323]
• Fixed the issue causing the title not to change in the Diff window when moving between files. [IDEA-272366]
• Fixed the layout of the Migrating plugins dialog. [IDEA-241905]
• Returned the Update Running Application button to the Debug window. [IDEA-274540]
• Fixed a collection of code analysis issues. [IDEA-273752]
• Fixed the problem causing the IDE to hang when importing Gradle projects. [IDEA-274022]

For the full list of issues we’ve addressed, take a look at the release notes. If there are any issues that this release doesn’t resolve, please report them to our issue tracker.