What’s New in IntelliJ IDEA 2022.1? Explore the Latest IDE Features

Key Updates

Dependency Analyzer

Provides comprehensive information on all project dependencies, including transitive ones, enabling easy detection and resolution of conflicts, duplicate filtering, and quick navigation.

Enhanced New Project Wizard

Redesigned UI simplifies project creation with quick‑start empty projects, preset options for Java, Kotlin, Groovy, and JavaScript, and generator support for complex setups.

New Notifications Tool Window

Replaces the Event Log, offering clearer, organized suggestions and notifications in a dedicated window.

User Experience Improvements

Maven Archetype Search

Introduces type‑ahead search and directory management during module creation.

Uniform Tab Splitting

Editor tabs can now be evenly distributed to have equal width.

UML Export Formats

UML diagrams can be exported to yEd .graphml, JGraph .drawio, Graphviz .dot (with and without positions), Mermaid .md, PlantUML, and IntelliJ IDEA .uml for third‑party compatibility.

Updated Structural Search & Replace

Dialog redesign provides a full list of templates for easier navigation.

Language and Framework Support

Java

Full support for Java 18 features such as pattern‑matching for switch expressions and code snippets.

Kotlin

Supports Kotlin 1.6.20, including parallel compilation, context receivers, and improved code sharing across targets.

Go Microservices

Adds URL‑path references, endpoint completion, and icons for Go files (requires Go plugin in IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate).

Spring Data MongoDB

Highlights JSON queries, completes operators and document fields, and enables navigation from entities to the Database tool window.

.proto Files

Introduces an intention to add missing import statements for unresolved message references, enabling completion suggestions.

gRPC Reflection

When .proto files are present, provides completion for service names, method names, and request bodies; also supports running requests via reflection when .proto files are absent.

Kubernetes Integration

Resource Editing

Resources loaded from a cluster can now be edited directly from editor tabs.

Custom kubectl Path

Allows manual configuration of the kubectl executable location.

Port Forwarding

Pod port‑forwarding is available via toolbar icon or context‑menu action.

Describe Resource Operation

All resources in the Services view have a new "Describe Resource" action accessible from the context menu or toolbar.

Cluster Events

Events are displayed in a separate node within the Services view, with the ability to view pod‑specific events via the Describe Resource operation.

Build Tools

Gradle Progress Bar

Provides a deterministic progress indicator for Gradle processes, showing download and import stages.

Security Enhancements

Package Inspector

Now checks Maven and Gradle dependencies against the Checkmarx SCA database and the National Vulnerability Database for known vulnerabilities.

Additional Support

werf.yaml and Helm Templates

Limited editor support with code completion, inspections, quick‑fixes, and refactoring for werf.yaml and related Helm files.

Import‑Values for Helm

Supports setting import‑values that affect completion and navigation of built‑in objects.