The Eclipse scala plugin has a nice feature which shows you the type of a variable when you hover the mouse over it. How do I see the same information with the IntelliJ plu
You can hit Ctrl + Q on a variable or method signature to view its type.
There is also a neat trick to view type of any expression: select the expression and type Ctrl + Alt + V. This will show Extract variable dialog with expression type to be extracted shown for convenience.