[#IDEA-17452] Java editor stops highlighting / coloring annotations and member variables

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Java editor stops highlighting / coloring annotations and member variables

Created: 18 Mar 08 20:28 Updated: 09 Apr 08 13:35

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Editor. Error Highlighting, Code Analysis. Inspection, Editor. Editing Text, Code Formatting and Code Style, Code Navigation

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Windows XP Pro, Athlon 6000+, 4GB RAM, 400 GB HDD

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	~~IDEA-17453~~ Java editor stops highlighting / colo...

Build:	7,757
Severity:	High

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In the latest 7.0.3 version of Idea the Java editor stops highlighting parts of the code. This doesn't happen consistently from file to file. Some files will display correctly, others incorrectly. Oddly, it is not even consistent within a single file. For example, in some files annotations lose highlighting then, later in the same file, are colored correctly.

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In all screenshots, member variables should be bold/purple. Annotations should be colored khaki-green.

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Dmitry Jemerov - 18 Mar 08 20:34

See ~~IDEA-17453~~ for screenshots

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Jari Petays - 06 Apr 08 13:32

This is a very annoying bug because you have restart IDEA to get syntax highlighting to work again. I've got build #7782.
I think whole "background compilation process" has gone dead and it prohibits working any more.

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Kevan Dunsmore - 07 Apr 08 20:42

After a bit of investigation I think this is related to old cache files left lying around from previous installations. I went to the C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\.IntelliJIdea70\system directory and removed all of cached files I could find. When I started Idea back up again everything worked properly.

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Jari Petays - 09 Apr 08 13:35

I don't think that removing caches helps for long - at least not for me.
Now it is almost impossible to work, see my comment on IDEA-12071 JAVA syntax highlighting hangs forever.
I have to uninstall this and go back to build 7684 EAP that worked fine for me.