How do I turn on line numbers permanently in IntelliJ 14?

Question

How do I permanently turn on line numbers in IntelliJ IDEA 14? This post is outdated: how-can-i-permanently-have-line-numbers-in-intellij

Solution 1

Permanently (Ubuntu):

File > Settings > Editor > General > Appearance > Show Line Numbers

For just the current editor: View > Active Editor > Show Line Numbers

Solution 2

You can do it even faster, using the Search Everywhere tool (press Shift twice): type "Show Line Numbers" (or even "line") and the top hit is the switch for permanent line numbers.

There are 2 switches for line numbers, one that has a On/Off switch and works globally, and one without the switch - for the current file. And one more for the Active Editor (current file).

Solution 3

Go to Settings/Editor/General/Appearance and enable Show line numbers to permanently show line numbers for all editors.

The solution with View > Active Editor > Show Line Numbers seems to work only for the active editor (when you close the current tab or open a new file you have to enable it again).

Solution 4

Go to Preferences > Editor > Appearance, and select the Show line numbers check box.

It will turn on the line numbers permanently.

Solution 5

Just right click and enable Lines in Windows. For more info check this link.

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