Intellij IDEA, code styling for javascript object, how to remove quotes when not necessary around key?

Question

We would like to edit the javascript code styling in intellij to remove quotes around key within object when not necessary:

{
  "year": 2018,
  "month": 9,
  "day": 24,
  "startHours": 6,
  "startMinutes": 0,
}

should become

{
  year: 2018,
  month: 9,
  day: 24,
  startHours: 6,
  startMinutes: 0,
}

Using CTRL+SHIFT+F (Format code), is this possible ?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '19 at 10:34

10

I don't think this is possible using Format code. What you can do is Select All (Ctrl/Cmd+A) and then invoke the intention (Alt+ Enter) Unquote property names.

answered Feb 27 '19 at 10:34

Bas Leijdekkers

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I did (Alt+Enter) after selecting the whole content of my file, and I do not have `Unquote property names` in my menu. I am using Idea Ultimate 2018 – Dimitri Kopriwa Feb 27 '19 at 15:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '20 at 10:01

I've found a fairly efficient solution. It does require mouse clicks on every key though so may not be appropriate for large scale replacements:

Double click on the key to highlight. Then press Ctrl/Cmd+C+W+V

This copies the key, widens the selection to include the quotes and then pastes over the top

Intellij IDEA, code styling for javascript object, how to remove quotes when not necessary around key?

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