IntelliJ Idea 12 - Java file is too large for editor

Question

Getting "file x.java is too large for IntelliJ Idea editor" after trying to open a web service stub class that is generated for Axis 2.

I saw a post associated about this issue which says change the

idea.max.intellisense.filesize=2500

in idea.properties.

But this trick didn't work for me despite I increased the value enough. Also I tried to comment out it for disabling this feature; but it didn't work too..

Any solution ever found for this problem? Running into the same error myself. I even set the file to be plain text and it still won't open. — joe, Jan 18 '13 at 18:37
no solution is found; seems it's not supported yet despite this parameter. — talha06, Mar 01 '13 at 22:45

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 24 '16 at 20:31

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Nowadays the setting

idea.max.intellisense.filesize=50000

works perfectly for me and lets me open files of up to 50M size.

answered Nov 24 '16 at 20:31

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score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 27 '18 at 23:18

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If you just want IntelliJ to open the full file instead of truncating it, use this:

idea.max.content.load.filesize=500000 #500MB

answered Dec 27 '18 at 23:18

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score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 01 '13 at 20:31

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My issue is that the file was > 20mb. See this link: http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-85045

answered Mar 01 '13 at 20:31

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