How to configure “Shorten command line” method for whole project in IntelliJ

Inside your .idea folder, change workspace.xml file

Add

<property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true" />

to

  <component name="PropertiesComponent">
.
.
.
  </component>

Example

 <component name="PropertiesComponent">
    <property name="project.structure.last.edited" value="Project" />
    <property name="project.structure.proportion" value="0.0" />
    <property name="project.structure.side.proportion" value="0.0" />
    <property name="settings.editor.selected.configurable" value="preferences.pluginManager" />
    <property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true" />
  </component>

If you don’t see one, feel free to add it yourself

 <component name="PropertiesComponent">
    <property name="dynamic.classpath" value="true" />
  </component>

Community edit: this solution does not seem to work in newer versions of IDE, the format of PropertiesComponent is different now. If that’s your case, then this answer should work

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