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Wayland By Default in 2026.1 EAP (blog.jetbrains.com)

submitted 6 days ago by cm0002@literature.cafe to c/linux@programming.dev

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Starting from version 2026.1, IntelliJ-based IDEs will run natively on Wayland in supported desktop configurations. This follows Wayland’s ascendance to the position of primary display server across contemporary Linux distributions.

By making this change in our EAP releases first, we hope to be able to give more Linux users the opportunity to try the native Wayland mode in their IDE, gather their feedback, and prepare more comprehensively for the general rollout in one of the upcoming major versions.

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[–] Mihies@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm already using it for months now and it works fine for me. The lack of window positioning in Wayland is a pity, though. That's the biggest Wayland flaw for me.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What do you mean by window positioning?

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

Wayland client can't decide on which screen and where window should appear AFAIK.

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm using IntelliJ from within WSL, and while the Wayland mode seems to work well and look better than X11, unfortunately I can't snap the window using Fancy Zones. That seems to be a WSL problem though.

Someone probably will try to recommend the WSL integration in Windows-based IntelliJ. I can tell you it's still very buggy and makes the projects I'm working on break.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which desktop? Fancy zone style snapping works on KDE plasma Wayland.

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Windows dwm. I'm not using a DE within WSL.

[–] GottaHaveFaith@fedia.io 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Could you use windows intellij and docker instead?

[–] Damarus@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

I could probably make something work, but I don't see a reason for it at the moment. My current setup works pretty well. It would be nice if Jetbrains started fixing stuff instead of just throwing new broken features onto the pile but that's just not gonna happen.