Move on Aptos IntelliJ Plugin Help

Movefmt integration

The plugin features integration with MoveBit's movefmt code formatter.

Download movefmt executable

Run

$ aptos update movefmt

Enter Y when prompted and wait for the download to finish.

Remember the path of the resulting binary at the end of the command output

Downloading... Extracting archive... Moving binary file to ~/.local/bin... Done { "Result": "Successfully installed movefmt v1.0.6" }

Configure Move on Aptos plugin to use the formatter

Open File | Settings..., then select Languages & Frameworks | Aptos | Movefmt

movefmt settings

Select path of the movefmt binary in the Movefmt: field and enable Use movefmt instead of the built-in formatter.

Usage

Reformat currently opened file

  1. Open the file you'd like to reformat.

  2. Press Ctrl+Alt+L or select Code | Reformat Code from the main menu.

reformat code
Last modified: 03 December 2024