IntelliJ Import project without Welcome Screen

Question

The IntelliJ welcome screen has an Import Project button. Is there a way to import a project without going to the welcome screen?

Answer 1

Use File | Open (where you can point to pom.xml or build.gradle) or File | New | Project From Existing Sources.

If you have an existing IntelliJ IDEA project, use File | Open and point to the location of the project directory (the one containing .idea subdirectory).