.log

Settings

Customizing Color Scheme

Syntax highlighting Color Scheme of files opened with .log plugin can be customized to match any personal preferences. To set custom colors/styles for log file elements (i.e. timestamps, log levels, message constructs):

  1. Open the Color Scheme Settings:
    • Navigate to Settings > Editor > Color Scheme > File Types.
    • Select Log Files from the list of file types.
  2. Adjust Specific Colors for Log Elements:
    • In the Logs color scheme settings, you’ll see options for various log elements such as:
      • Log Levels (e.g., INFO, WARN, ERROR)
      • Timestamps, Category, Context id…
      • ANSI Color Codes (foreground & background color only)
    • For each element foreground, background and font style (bold, italic, underline) can be customized. For ANSI codes only foreground and background colors are relevant.
    • Click Apply and OK to save your changes. Changes will apply immediately.

Log Color Scheme Settings

File Type Association

By default, .log plugin configured to support log file name patterns: *.log;*.err;*.out;*.log.txt. To associate additional log file name patterns, to be viewed by .log plugin, update File Type Settings:

  1. Find Action dialog (⌘+⇧+A | Ctrl+⇧+A) → Search: File Types (or alternatively, Settings (⌘+, | Ctrl+Alt+S) → File Types)
  2. Under Recognized File Types → Logs → add file name patterns

Log File Type Settings

File Size Thresholds

To ensure responsive performance, JetBrains sets a file size threshold for in-memory content loading.

  1. File Size Thresholds: If a log file exceeds the default 20 MB limitation, it will be opened as a Large File, as such file will be paginated. Text search will be slower while disk IO is performed.
  2. Increase File Content Loading Threshold:
    • Go to Help > Edit Custom Properties… to open the idea.properties file.
    • Set/Add the property idea.max.content.load.filesize to a higher value.
    • Restart the IDE for the changes to take effect.
    • Example idea.properties: 
      # defaults to 20MB (for IDEA 2024.2)
#idea.max.content.load.filesize=20000
# For example extend to 50MB
idea.max.content.load.filesize=50000

Note: Currently, Log files opened as Large Files as noted above, are not supported with Problem Inspections.

Note: If performance issues encountered, please report the details including file size, typical log line length, typical log snippet and preferably also host CPU/memory specs

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