When typing a function name (or auto completing) IDEA automatically puts the parentheses after it and puts the cursor between them: foo(|)
I greatly dislike this and wou
I had this problem also but I found the magical switch to disable it. Within Intellij settings, go to: Settings->Clojure (For current project) and you will see a setting checked called: "Use structural editing". Just un-check this option checkbox and you will not have auto-closing paren for a new open paren.
Jeff
Disable Insert pair bracket: