How do I turn off the unlimited whitespace in IntelliJ editor?

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Joshua picture Joshua · Feb 27, 2009 · Viewed 44.4k times · Source

How do I remove the ability to move the cursor after then end of line in IntelliJ?

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alexpopescu picture alexpopescu · Feb 27, 2009

File menu -> Settings -> Editor -> General -> Virtual Space and uncheck 'Allow placement of caret after end of line' . You may also uncheck the other options in the Virtual Space panel.

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