How to avoid reordering when optimize imports

Question

Is there a way to prevents Intellij Idea to rearrange imports when it runs the optimize imports? I want to avoid this since I work on a large codebase where most of others programmers are using Eclipse. When Idea do the optimization (to remove unused imports, for example) it always put these imports to the bottom:

import javax.annotation.Resource;
import javax.ejb.EJB;
import javax.ejb.EJBContext;
import javax.ejb.Local;
import javax.ejb.Remote;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.inject.Inject;
import javax.interceptor.Interceptors;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

And when some eclipse users do the same, it are placed to the top. I want to avoid this, since it may annoy others programmers, since I'm the only one that uses Idea IDE in project.

I've googled about it and found old messages, like: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEABKL-6456

I would like to know if there is any good way to do this in the newer Idea versions.

The version is: IntelliJ IDEA 2018.1 (Community)

• EDIT - Some Infos:

The "Optimize imports on the fly" is already unchecked.

• EDIT - Solved it with Eclipse Code Formatter plugin.

Answer 1

Go to preferences (settings) -> editor -> code style -> java -> imports tab

At the bottom you find the import layout. This will determine the structure if your imports. You should remove everything and just leave import all other imports.

Here is how it should look:

Note: don't forget to uncheck Layout static imports separately

Note 2: I'm using 2018.1.2 EAP (Ultimate)

Answer 2

For someone who has is still facing this issue even after disabling "optimize imports", It might be possible that you have persisted your settings at your project level.

Solution which worked for me - try deleting ".idea" folder (which has all your current project related settings) and do a "invalidate cache and restart" from "File" menu.

After your IDE is restarted, you will see the issue resolved.