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BasLeijdekkers on Nov 5, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: IntelliJ IDEA 14 Released

If I understand you correctly you will want to disable Preferences > Editor > Smart Keys > Backspace smart indent

_ugwa on Nov 5, 2014 [–]

Well now I just feel stupid for not being able to figure that out.

AnimalMuppet on Nov 5, 2014 | [–]

Sure, because nothing screams "obvious" like a setting that's buried four layers deep.

I agree, though, that the menu structure made it about as obvious as was possible.

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