IntelliJ doesn't display... at all

Question

I have a bug which is completely over the planet. IntellIJ doesn't display. It's on, yet doesn't display.

It worked well before, last thing I did was re-setting up new dependencies on my code and (nothing to do with that) re-setting SDK for other reasons, both of which shouldn't be linked to display properties.

As you can see it's working, I see the pop up windows:

But doesn't display:

Yet I can see IntelliJ windows with Shift + Tab:

and yes, my screen doesn't duplicate, so it's not hidden in another dimension or something

I tried:

• restart computer

• uninstall install IntelliJ

• uninstall install IntelliJ without previous parameters

• try other JetBrains software, like DataGrip, it works and displays well

• call a homeopathic doctor

Unsuccessfully. So I knee and await before your judgement of this critical situation.

Answer 1

I have this exact same behavior happen to me when I use IntelliJ at work and then go home and try to use it via Remote Desktop. It's very strange (regardless of which monitor I leave it on at work when I leave).

If I hover over it in the task bar and then hover over the thumbnail for the running app, I can right click and tell it to maximize and it magically comes back into focus. Sometimes I have to tell it to restore and then to maximize before this works.

Occasionally even this doesn't work and I have to close it, re-open, and do the same. It makes no sense, so I understand your frustration.

Answer 2

It works

As John Humphreys - w00te mentionned, click right over the thumbnail (I insist: the thumbnail ! Not the taskbar icon) and then select maximize and voilà.

Bon appétit.

Thanks for your contribution and I hope it will help some people in need here.