Text

Conventions for displaying text

Formatting

SimpleTextAttributes

The SimpleTextAttributes class provides display contants to allow displaying text in a consistant way. This includes style (bold, italic, etc.), color, and size. Attributes can be a utility attribute including only one style rule or helper attributes that combine several styles together if a component requires several to be applied.

TODO list and screenshots of available styles

intellij-community/platform/core-ui/src/ui/SimpleTextAttributes.java at 0f093e6cc25f384a2fa4d47f8404de9dd51dc018 · JetBrains/intellij-communityGitHub

MessageTypes

intellij-community/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/MessageType.java at 2262d55ebc98b34ce85ec3f262a7b7aa6f6a741f · JetBrains/intellij-communityGitHub

NLS Contexts

NLS Contexts provide annotations to enforce some wording and grammar style guides (FIXME not sure if this is exactly right, but it's how I understand it)

https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community/tree/master/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/com/intellij/openapi/util/NlsContexts.javagithub.com