I've been a user of IntelliJ IDEA for the last 7/8 years on both Windows and Linux. I've recently upgraded from 12 to 13, but also moved to MacOSX.
I don't recall this being a major issue previously, so I'm not sure if it previously occurred, is a new feature of IntelliJ 13, or is a feature of the MacOSX release.Either way, it's bugging the hell out of me now.
When I'm coding, IntelliJ suggests names for variables and, since I'm just typing, it then completes the var name immediately without me scanning the suggestion.
I'm all for autocompletion of code, or parameters as mostly, I've expected the auto-completion and am monitoring what's going on. Also, in fairness there is nothing wrong with the suggested var names. However it's happening without my knowledge or expectation and I then need to stop what I'm doing and see what happened.
My workflow comes to a jarring halt as I rescan what I've just typed and see what IntelliJ changed.
For instance, I am typing
...
HttpURLConnection tConn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
...
however, as I type tConn<Space>=, IntelliJ has suggested and selected connecton as a replacement for tConn. As I said, nothing incorrect (in fairness, better var naming anyway), but now I go to use tConn and it's not there. I need to search through the code to see IntelliJ's change.
Does anyone know of a way to turn just this off in IntelliJ?
I've got same problem with you, and I've found a great option for this problem.
Settings > Editor > Code Completion The one below Autopopup code completion, it's called Insert selected variant by typing dot, space, etc.
@Bas Leijdekkers is almost correct.
UPDATE:
The new setting path is: Settings > Editor > General > Code Completion
New name: Insert selected suggestion by pressing space, dot, or other context-dependent keys