UI Guidelines

Create consistent and usable interfaces for IntelliJ IDEs or plugins.

• User interface overview: Learn main parts of IntelliJ interfaces
• Components: Learn how to use standard IntelliJ components

Principles

• Icons: How to create and customize icons
• Typography: IntelliJ font system
• Colors: Platform theme colors
• Mnemonics: Characters that indicate keys for menu actions
• Validation errors: Highlight invalid input
• Layout: Learn how to arrange UI components

Resources

• Icons List: Full IntelliJ icons set
• UI Kit: UI Kit in Figma

Writing UI texts

• Capitalization: Capitalization rules
• Inspections: Inspection descriptions
• Punctuation: Punctuation rules
• General guidelines: How to write short and clear