How to surround code by curly braces in IntelliJ IDEA?

Question

How to surround code by curly braces in IntelliJ IDEA? Is there any keyboard-shortcut for such operation?

Answer 1

Easy, just follow the arrows in this picture, from left to right:

Answer 2

Yes, try Ctrl+Alt+T (Surround With), then A (Curly Braces).

Answer 3

Just configure Smart Keys as follow:
IDE Settings > Editor > General > Smart Keys > Surround selection on typing quote or brace.

From the IntelliJ built-in help:

If this check box is selected, the selected text on typing a quote, double-quote or brace, will be surrounded with these characters.

If this check box is not selected, then the typed quotes, double-quotes or braces will replace the selection.

Answer 4

Just click as the below 2 steps

1, CTRL + ALT + T
2, then press ALT + A at the same time.

Hope to help you.

Answer 5

I had oneline if statement without curly braces and I had to update it with braces in whole file. So I updated code style to always add braces for if/else statement. In Idea go to:

Settings -> Editor -> Code Style -> Java -> Wrapping and Braces (tab)

Find "'If()' Statement"/"Force braces" and change value from "Do not force"(default) to "Always". Press ctrl + alt + L to reformat your file and curly braces would be added. settings

Answer 6

Add "Control flow statement without braces" to inspection settings. Then run inspection, select them in the list and then select "Apply Fix 'Add braces'".

It just saved me a whole days tedious work!