: Added the ability to delegate all build and run actions directly to Maven. Reviewer Perspectives
: The IDE began fetching Git repositories in parallel, significantly speeding up updates for multi-repository projects.
: The "Search Everywhere" dialog was completely rewritten to be asynchronous, resizable, and more stable. It consolidated "Go to class," "File," "Symbol," and "Find action" into a single, faster interface. JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate 2018.3
: A long-requested feature that allowed developers to write multiline comments where all lines are correctly highlighted as TODOs.
: A new "Diff Preview" was added to the File History tab, allowing users to see code changes without opening a separate dialog. : Added the ability to delegate all build
: Introduced initial, native support for viewing and managing GitHub Pull Requests directly within the IDE.
: The dialogs were simplified with better autocompletion for templates and a new filters panel that replaced the complex "Edit Variables" form. Language & Framework Support It consolidated "Go to class," "File," "Symbol," and
IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate 2018.3 was a major update released by JetBrains that focused on streamlining the developer workflow through significant UI overhauls and improved tooling for version control and JVM languages.