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IntelliJ not showing diff in commit window


I use Windows and IntelliJ IDEA 2024.2.4. (Ultimate Edition) I've been looking at all options and I do not find anything where I can change this behaviour... When I commit I see a window which does not show the Diff inside. I can only Double-Click which will open the diff in a different Tab. See:

Diff is missing and I do not see any option to bring it back

Now this is on my Mac using IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1.1 (Community Edition). How can I get the same picture on my Windows IntelliJ of the picture above?

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Solution

  • As per this response in the JetBrains support platform, this is enabled by default on new installations, and the way to disable it is by unchecking Settings > Version Control > Commit > Use non-modal commit interface.

    Screenshot of IntelliJ settings showing how to re-enable the old modal commit interface