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Guidelines for implementing IntelliJ actions (AnAction). Use those rules when you need to create or change an action in the intellij platform.

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Guidelines for implementing IntelliJ actions (AnAction).

NEVER instantiate Presentation in action constructors - Use no-argument constructors
Define text, description, and icon in plugin.xml - Not in constructor parameters
Follow the convention:
1. Set the id attribute for the action in plugin.xml
2. Optionally set the icon attribute if an icon is needed
3. Set text and description in the message bundle (e.g., GitBundle.properties):
- action.<action-id>.text=Translated Action Text
- action.<action-id>.description=Translated Action Description

Good example:

Kotlin:

class MyAction : AnAction()

plugin.xml:

<action id="My.Action.Id"
        class="my.package.MyAction"
        icon="my.package.MyIcons.ICON"/>

Bundle.properties:

action.My.Action.Id.text=My Action
action.My.Action.Id.description=Description of my action

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