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Tired of accidentally hitting the alt key in JetBrains IDEs?

On Windows, pressing the Alt key opens the Window menu, which can be annoying.

You can disable the Alt key’s behavior when pressed on its own by adding this line to your idea.properties (go to Help | Edit Custom Properties):

ide.windows.main.menu.focus.on.alt=false

Then restart your IDE.

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