Can I share settings for IntelliJ Idea across different projects?

Question

In the month or so that I've been using IntelliJ, I have one project that I am working in the majority of the time in which I have all of my windows, toolbar locations, etc., set up to my liking.

I infrequently need to open other projects in IntelliJ, and I notice when doing so that all of the window locations seem to reset to the default. For example, the Structure toolbar moves back to the lower-left hand of the screen; I prefer for it to be docked in the upper-right hand corner.

Can settings for window and tool locations be shared across different IntelliJ projects? Can I configure this once globally, and have it apply to any new project I open in IntelliJ going forward?

Also, does anyone know where these types of settings are stored - I assume it's in the per-project IntelliJ files (such as .ipr, etc) rather than my global .settings directory?

Answer 1

1. Create new connection or go to connection "Properties" (Alt+ENTER)
2. Find "Project Data Sources" on top left
3. Select "Make Global" in context menu

Answer 2

For IntelliJ-13/14, if you want reuse the connection to databases and the appservers you should copy-paste these files between the .idea folders of the projects.

• dataSources.ids, dataSources.xml : Database stuff
• workspace.xml : All the appservers configuration

Yes, this sucks, but at least there is a workaround.

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EDIT: When you create/edit the datasource there is a combobox called "scope", you can select IDE option, and this will let you reuse the datasource across many projects.