IntelliJ Plugin

This section describes the TICS IntelliJ Plugin. This plugin can be used in IntelliJ IDEA 2017.2 and later, as well as Rider 2018.1 and later.

Installation

There are two ways to install the IntelliJ plugin: manually or through the TICS Installer.

Under Windows, the easiest way to install the TICS Plugin is to use the TICS client installer.

Close IntelliJ and run the TICS client installer.

When the TICS Add-ins dialog is shown, select IntelliJ.

The TICS Add-ins step in the TICS installer.

When the IntelliJ plugin dialog is shown, select the IntelliJ installation folder.

The IntelliJ plugin step in the TICS installer.

Complete the installation.

Add the TICS Plugin to IntelliJ without installer.

In order to install the TICS IntelliJ plugin manually, you need to manually download a zip distribution of the plugin.

Follow the steps to add this plugin to your IntelliJ environment.

Start IntelliJ IDEA and locate the Settings option in the File menu.

The IntelliJ File menu.
Within the Settings dialog, locate the Plugins section.

The IntelliJ Settings dialog.
Click the Settings wheel and select the Install Plugin from Disk... menu item to open the Choose plugin file dialog.

The IntelliJ Choose plugin file dialog.
Restart IntelliJ. The plugin should now be loaded at startup.

The TICS IntelliJ Plugin provides a toolbar with four buttons.

The IntelliJ workspace with the TICS buttons.

The TICS buttons have the following meaning.

Analyze the active File: clicking this button starts the TICS analysis. It results in an overview of the violations of the available coding standards.
Analyze all files in project: clicking this button starts analyzing all files in the current vcxproj project file. It results in a consolidated overview for all files in the project.
Cancel analysis: clicking this button cancels the TICS run.
Rules and Options configuration: clicking this button opens the TICS Configuration Tool. This tool can be used to configure the behaviour of the TICS Client.