intellij navigate to file stopped working

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So we have a large project and I use the intellij navigate to file cntrl+shift+n all the time. I don't know what happened but now when I try and use it - it can't find anything. I haven't recently installed any plugins or anything.

I've restarted intellij a couple times, checked the little filter icon to make sure I'm not filtering on anything...nothing seems to be working. Any ideas what I need to do to get it working again?

score 65 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '12 at 17:52

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Try 11.1.2 build and File | Invalidate Caches. If it doesn't help, contact JetBrains support with a sample project to reproduce it.

answered May 14 '12 at 17:52

CrazyCoder

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Invalidating the cache worked great - thanks. Feel a bit sheepish for not trying that. – Uncle Iroh May 14 '12 at 18:02
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Also worked for me invalidating the cache on Android Studio 2.3.3 – leon Sep 13 '17 at 10:08
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"Invalidate the cache" worked for me on WebStorm 2017.2.5 – shaochuancs May 08 '18 at 02:37
"Invalidate the cache" worked for me on Intellij Community, thanks – Ibtissam Ibtissama Feb 18 '19 at 14:50
Did not work for me Intellij Ultimate 2020.2 Evaluation – Mindaugas Bernatavičius Nov 13 '20 at 22:23

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 10 '13 at 13:58

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Also try to verify if some plugins are updated, and disable them to try if some of them is the problem. In my case it was: Apache config (.htaccess) support Version 131.61

answered Sep 10 '13 at 13:58

matei.nick

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Thanx! That was exactly the problem in my case (same plugin and same version)! – DisplayName Oct 17 '13 at 22:42
That was my problem too, with v. 172.35 – ira Aug 21 '17 at 06:52
Thank you. This item fixed my problem with the latest Rider 2023 – budedub May 11 '23 at 13:21

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '15 at 11:07

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Make sure your keymap is set to Default. You may be using different keymap, so go to File > Setting and search for Keymap. You can change it there.

answered Mar 06 '15 at 11:07

Charan

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Thanks , that's was my problem !! Solved – Igal Apr 06 '15 at 11:24

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 23 '18 at 17:47

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When you press Ctrl+Shift+N the Find Window will pop up, check the filter icon (on top right of the Find Window) on the search box and ensure that the file type you are looking for is checked.

edited Jul 23 '18 at 17:47

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answered Jul 20 '18 at 21:15

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 16 '20 at 04:00

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For me restarting the Webstorm with the project folder again sorted it out.

File -> New -> Project

Just restarting it kept the go to file source pointed to the Webstorm app directory.

answered Sep 16 '20 at 04:00

Nevin Madhukar K

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 08 '21 at 14:08

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I program in rust. So for me installing the missing rust plug-in solved it.

answered Jun 08 '21 at 14:08

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 15 '21 at 17:20

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I deleted the project and then reimported it using maven(right corner of IDE) -> plus icon to add project again

answered Sep 15 '21 at 17:20

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 17 '22 at 08:09

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What helped me was to run an update (Help > Check for updates) and update what was needed (2 plugins)

answered Dec 17 '22 at 08:09

Ariel Morry

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