I'm trying to use imports in my gradle build scrip...

# gradle

[sultanofcardio]

I'm trying to use imports in my gradle build script with Kotlin DSL. When i use imports like this

import java.nio.file.Files
import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit

plugins {
    id("idea")
    kotlin("jvm") version "1.4.10"

IDEA is unable to parse the file and highlights everything in red. Running a gradle task from the terminal works fine though. When I remove the import statements and put the plugins block at the top, the script is parsed correctly but the unimported classes cannot be resolved.

Am I doing this incorrectly or is this an IDEA bug?

[mike.holler]

I do this all the time, with the latest versions of IntelliJ, Gradle (kotlin script), Kotlin, and JDK 11.

[sultanofcardio]

I'm using JDK 1.8 and was using IntelliJ 2020.2.2 (just updated). I found workarounds that don't require imports for the time being