What does the yellow background on filename mean in Intellij?

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I think it might have something to do with asynchronous tasks but I don't know for sure. Could someone please clarify this for me?

Also what do the yellow frames mean when you are debugging?

This happenned in a new Angular project for me but looks like the language doesn't matter. — havryliuk, Jul 18 '22 at 14:30

score 57 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '21 at 13:17

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If this suddenly happens to your project:
Consider closing pycharm and deleting the .idea/ folder of that project.

After reopening the project the project, pycharm will detect all files as normal. But you'll need to set up the project again. -> Set source-folder, add run configuration etc.

For me that was the faster solution than figuring out how to fix it.

One more mention: It happened after a merge which caused some version conflicts and required to "roll back" a file.

answered May 24 '21 at 13:17

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thanks. I was deleting `.idea` directory inside intellij. You need to make sure to close intellij first and then delete the directory. – jeninja Oct 12 '21 at 15:06
this solution helped me in webstorm IDE – konnovdev Mar 19 '22 at 17:34
Great, this works also for PyCharm – Andrew Apr 04 '22 at 08:08
Can confirm that this solution works for PyCharm 2021.1.1 – Jake Jun 08 '22 at 17:37
May I ask why it works? – tung Oct 23 '22 at 17:07
Do yourself a favor and try the other answer below first https://stackoverflow.com/a/69284831/3901029 It takes a long time to reindex big project – F.S. Jun 22 '23 at 06:38

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '21 at 13:04

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This also happened to me and the cause was that the project folder was removed from the 'project structure'. You can re-add it in Settings-> Project <...> -> Project Structure.

See also the documentation: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/configuring-project-structure.html

answered Sep 22 '21 at 13:04

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I had this issue in PyCharm and this solution worked for me. Thank you. – angelacpd Dec 02 '21 at 20:34

score 14 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '22 at 06:43

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The above solution did not work for me -- by happenstance, I was clicking around the settings in Intellij/GoLand and stumbled across a solution that worked for me.

When I went to the Project Structure, the Project Structure pane was empty and there was no way for me to manually re-add my project directory.

Fix that worked for me: Top Menu Bars -> File -> Repair IDE

A bubble window shows up on the bottom right, and I just clicked through the tooltips to repair different aspects of Intellij. In my case, the 'Reindex Project Structure" step worked for me (it was Step 3 of 6 in the repair process).

After repairing + waiting a bit for the project to reindex, everything went back to normal.

answered Mar 18 '22 at 06:43

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Worked for me on WebStorm 2021.3.3! Thank you, @Steven – lucianokrebs May 10 '22 at 18:27
had to delete .idea first – lobi Apr 25 '23 at 15:13
First time for me that a "Repair stuff" link actually repairs stuff within a few seconds (and yet I used Microsoft OS for a few years) – Florian Motteau Jul 28 '23 at 07:56

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '18 at 18:32

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This color indicates the non-project files (libraries), you can customize it here:

Make sure to restart the debugger for the changes to have effect.

answered Oct 17 '18 at 18:32

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My files used to be project files and sudenly turned to be non-project files. After a PyCharm update, looks like it's a bug – Florent Mar 18 '21 at 10:06

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 07 '22 at 20:51

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As @Framester points out, the project source is missing from the IDE config.

Right clicking on project root you can add that as a Source

Select:

Mark Directory As -> Sources Root

answered Dec 07 '22 at 20:51

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Not wokring any more... they have remove this option – user1034912 Aug 11 '23 at 01:56

What does the yellow background on filename mean in Intellij?

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