Output window of IntelliJ IDEA cuts output [duplicate]

Question

Looks like there is a limit on the number of lines it shows.

I couldn't find it in the settings.

Is there a way to make IDEA keep everything in the Output window?

Fugato

Answer 1

Preferences/Settings -> Editor -> General -> Console, check the box next to Override console cycle buffer size, set to a larger number than 1024 KB.

Joleen

What version of IntelliJ is that? I don't have Console under Editor > General in version 14. In fact, my General sub-elements are very different than the screen shot. – Parclose

@Parclose IntelliJ IDEA 15.0.6 on Mac has all of those settings – Basseterre

This is a better answer than the chosen answer above, since it'll handle updates of IDEA without getting a conflict of the idea.properties-file. – Paradisiacal

Not effective on phpstorm 2019.1, why ??? – Blackwell

Worked for me. The max number of KB that work without intelliJ warning that "large buffer size can cause performance degradation" is 20480, at least on my computer and intelliJ version. – Mcrae

Answer 2

Couldn't get more votes to close the question so I have to answer it myself.

IDEA_HOME\bin\idea.properties

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# This option controls console cyclic buffer: keeps the console output size not higher than the specified buffer size (Kb). Older lines are deleted.
# In order to disable cycle buffer use idea.cycle.buffer.size=disabled
idea.cycle.buffer.size=1024 

Fugato

is this kilobytes or megabytes? – Decameter

@Decameter It says in comment that it's Kb. – Fugato

See comment in file: # This option controls console cyclic buffer: keeps the console output size not higher than the specified buffer size (Kb). # Older lines are deleted. In order to disable cycle buffer use idea.cycle.buffer.size=disabled Also, remember to udpaet settings after upgrade (like 12-> 13) as it creates new .properties – Demibastion

For my distro (Arch), idea.properties is located at /usr/share/intellij-idea-ultimate-edition/bin/idea.properties. Note that for Linux (unlike Mac) you don't need to create a copy of this file. – Funambulist

For my distro (OS X) it was vi "/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA 14 CE.app/Contents/bin/idea.properties" – Beanery

idea.cycle.buffer.size=disabled worked for me +1. – Reorder

Does it works also for the terminal window? – Johnnie

Looks like it doesn't. – Disqualify