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So I just moved from Eclipse to IntelliJ after doing some research. The only thing that I miss is that in Eclipse I can have multiple projects in different tabs and compare projects easily. But in IntelliJ I have to open a project in a new window. Isn't it possible to have all the projects in the tool window like eclipse?

Zahand
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  • In Eclipse, you can open up two windows which point to the same project. I am not sure what you mean by opening multiple projects as tool windows to compare them easily. Can you post a snapshot ? If you are talking about maven projects, then multiple 'projects' can be opened in a single IntelliJ instance by opening them as modules. – Ashutosh Jindal Oct 14 '13 at 11:33
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    Is this what you looking for http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8774024/intellij-working-on-multiple-projects – Tuno May 22 '14 at 08:20
  • There is a workaround solution. Please see here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8774024/intellij-working-on-multiple-projects I'm doing the same. It worked for me really, but I get the dialog asking me for removing the imported modules because they are not in the maven structure. Also trying to solve this. –  Sep 25 '14 at 01:51

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No, it's not possible. Please vote for this feature request. Note that you can add your multiple projects as modules to Intellij Idea project to be able to view them in a single frame. BTW, there is a document intended to help users migrating from Eclipse to Idea - see this FAQ - you may find it helpful

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Using Maven: a untested aproach could be to have a simple maven Project including the other Maven projects as its childs and then import the simple maven Project that only defines the others as childs (and yes - please vote for such standard features).

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