Hide Full Path Next to Project in IntelliJ?

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I've been using IntelliJ, and I'm kind of annoyed by the full path being displayed next to the project name in the project view. I am aware that this question has been asked before, here. However, it is two years old and for AppCode, and I was wondering if IntelliJ has been updated to allow disabling this.

Check this topic, it might be helpful: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206175079-Is-there-any-way-to-display-the-full-path-of-the-file-in-IntelliJ-s-menu-bar- — DimaSan, Nov 20 '16 at 11:27
@DimaSan thanks for the suggestion, but that wasn't quite what I was looking for - I want to know how to **hide** the full path next to the **project**, not **show** the full path for a **file**. — Andi Gu, Nov 20 '16 at 20:05

LazyOne · Accepted Answer · 2023-08-30T01:17:01.840

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~~There is no such setting.~~

~~https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-126014 -- watch this ticket (star/vote/comment) to get notified on any progress.~~

UPDATE (2018-05-24):

Since 2018.1 version it's now possible to hide such a path by using special/internal option ( check this comment for details ).

For this you need to perform the following steps:

Use Main Menu | Help | Edit Custom Properties... inside the IDE
Agree to create a file if it does not exist
Insert the option without leading -D part (just put project.tree.structure.show.url=false on an empty line)
Save the file
Restart your IDE to see the changes

Alternatively you can do the same via internal Registry (this way was added a version or two later):

Help | Find Action... (or Search Everywhere, Actions tab -- the same thing)
Type registry there
Locate and invoke Registry... entry
Inside the Registry window locate that project.tree.structure.show.url entry (just start typing) and make sure it is disabled/unticked
Save the changes
Restart your IDE to see the changes

I'm using this and it works just fine for me since 2018.x (PhpStorm user here).

edited Aug 30 '23 at 01:17

answered Dec 01 '16 at 11:27

LazyOne

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Worked for me only after "Invalidate Caches / Restart" – Koray Tugay Jun 29 '18 at 13:36
How about version control view? Do you know if hiding full path in version control is possible? – Koray Tugay Nov 30 '18 at 14:11
I tried `versioncontrol.tree.structure.show.url=false` (also things like `vcs.tree`, `version.control.tree` etc) but did not work! – Koray Tugay Nov 30 '18 at 14:18
@CrazyCoder is it possible? – Koray Tugay Nov 30 '18 at 14:18
This worked for "Project", but how to make it work for "scopes" ? – ismaail E.G. Dec 14 '18 at 00:24
Worked for me just on restart. Thanks – utx0_ Aug 01 '19 at 22:10
`-D` was required for me, IJ was crashing without it. IJ 2019.3.4 this worked for me `-Dproject.tree.structure.show.url=false` – Polyana Fontes Mar 30 '20 at 12:47
I've tested it on IJ 2021.1 and it worked without the `-D` flag! – rfsbsb Jun 07 '21 at 13:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 24 '18 at 09:43

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As stated by LazyOne there is no such setting. However the reference plugin (Path Hide) doesn't seem to work with Intellij Ultimate 2017.3

Thus I believe that currently there is not solution to this problem and the relevant ticket in IDEA-126014 is still in development

answered Jan 24 '18 at 09:43

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This worked for me on Intellij Ultimate as well. However I just tried it with Intellij Community Edition (2018.1) and it does NOT work – Philipp Gerhard May 28 '18 at 13:36

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