How to split IDE layout in IntelliJ IDEA?

Question

I often change projects and create new ones, but I have a big project, on which I work a lot. The IDE layout (presentation positions, dimensions and docking) is developing as I use it more and more. I'm looking for a way to automatically share an IDE scheme between projects in IDEA?

I would like to avoid reconfiguring my environment every time I do File / New / Project. I would also like to avoid exporting / importing my configuration for each file / new / project. Processing updates would also be very enjoyable, i.e. When I resize the Project / Debug view in one project, it changes in all my projects that are new or reopened. Essentially, I would like to avoid re-clicking each time I switch context (project).

I'm really used to Eclipse, which stores workspace-specific settings, and when a new project is created, they have the same settings.

Answer 1

The closest functionality that I know of is Window / Store Current Layout as Default. It will save the current layout, and it will be used for newly created projects.

But when you change the layout and want to use this default version, you must first save it by default using the above action, and then use Window / Restore Default Layout in other projects (i.e. changes to the default layout will not be saved / applied to other projects automatically).

I suggest opening a feature request at https://youtrack.jetbrains.com to allow layout sharing between all projects.