Is there a way to easily remove layouts like Colum...

# compose

[Yoonho Aaron Kim]

Is there a way to easily remove layouts like Column, Row, or Box in Android Compose, similar to how it's done in Flutter with options like 'Remove this widget'? Currently, I have to manually remove them, and I only see 'Surround with Widget' as an option. Is there no similar shortcut or method in Android Compose?

[Alex Styl]

Not that I know of but I do it using the keyboard.

option + up or down to increases the scope

Screen Recording 2025-01-15 at 14.49.32.mov

[Alex Styl]

if you select the whole composable you can then start an other scope by pressing Shift + {

[Yoonho Aaron Kim]

Oh... but exactly what I want is just removing only FlowRow not Box in case of your video.

[Alex Styl]

what i do in that case is select the box and its contents then cut, then remove the flow row then paste

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

1. put the cursor on openning {
2. Unwrap action Ctrl+Shift+Delete
(Cmd+Shift+fn+Backspace on Mac)

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

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[Kamil Kalisz]

For this functionality I'm using composetool plugin in intelij.
https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23053-composetool

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

for colours there is https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/21298-compose-color-preview
other features are available out-of-the-box

[Yoonho Aaron Kim]

@Konstantin Tskhovrebov
Thank you!
The shortcut works fine! (Cmd+Shift+fn+Backspace on Mac)

[Skaldebane]

@Konstantin Tskhovrebov Whoa that's actually pretty awesome! Thanks!

Makes me wonder how many other gems does IntelliJ hide :D

[Konstantin Tskhovrebov]

https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/category/tips-tricks/