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titleIDEA versions

Some features may not be available in all versions.
IDEA 8 ("Diana") EAP or IDEA 9 Ultimate Edition ("Maia") EAP only.+ means "IDEA 8 or any higher version"

Please see Struts2PluginChangeNotes for more information.

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titleGetting started

"Hello World" with Struts 2 and IntelliJ IDEA 8 - Detailed introductory blog post by Tabrez Iqbal

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titleFileset configuration

struts-default.xml from struts2-core.jar as well as any struts-plugin.xml from plugins (e.g. Spring integration) have to be added additionally to the fileset. Also make sure to add all files used via <include>.
(warning) Many features will not NOT work if this setup has not been performed properly.

(tick) Dedicated facet with configuration options

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Errors are highlighted immediately in the editor, additional validation is triggered for Make Project.
IDEA 7: see "Validation" tab in S2 facet for more options
IDEA 8/9+: see Settings->Compiler->Validation

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(tick) Pageflow graph (struts.xml)

IDEA 8/9+
Graph of all relevant S2 elements.

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Simply click on the action icon in the left editor bar to quickly open up the corresponding mapping(s) in struts.xml:
IDEA 8.1.1/IDEA 9+: also for Groovy

(minus) Highlight unused Actions, Quickfixes: Delete, Map in struts.xml

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(plugin "JavaScript Support" must be enabled)
Enjoy the power of IDEA's powerful JavaScript-support within all S2 UI-tags.

(tick) CSS support

(IDEA 8/9+: plugin "CSS Support" must be enabled)
Define inline-styles (cssStyle) or reference existing CSS classes (cssClass).

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(plus) Support Convention plugin

IDEA 9+
Sophisticated configuration properties support

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(plugin "Struts 1.x" must be enabled)
IDEA 8.1.1/IDEA 9+
struts2-tiles-plugin.jar must be present as well as Tiles libraries. Configured tiles.xml-files will be set automatically as described in http://struts.apache.org/2.x/docs/tiles-plugin.html.