Unable to add less profiles with IntelliJ 2018

[Alvaten]

We are not able to manage LESS profiles since the update of my IntelliJ in 2018.1

The button "new" is missing ! If my project already contain a profile, the plugin continue to works, but in all new project, we are not table to compile de less.

The issue happens for all people wo update the application in my company.

Thanks in advance

[remitmaster]

Yes, the problem exists, will there be any improvement?

[remitmaster]

Temporary solution .idea .idea/lessc/lessc.xml add

<entry key="8">
  <value>
    <LessProfile>
      <option name="compressOutput" value="true" />
      <option name="cssDirectories">
        <list>
          <CssDirectory>
            <option name="path" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
          </CssDirectory>
        </list>
      </option>
      <option name="id" value="8" />
      <option name="lessDirPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$/" />
      <option name="name" value="{ -- name --}" />
    </LessProfile>
  </value>
</entry>

[Grafs]

Not work solution. Not show +

[theCanadianHat]

I tried the solution @remitmaster suggested. Since there was little direction I viewed my workspace's .idea folder. There was not a lessc folder, but there were folders for other plug-ins in that folder. So I created a folder for lessc and an XML file for the snippet above. I was unable to see the "+" button on the Less Profile option in the preferences. @remitmaster could you expand on the temporary solution you have posted? Since this seems to be the only "solution" to this issue. It being 5 months after this issue was raised.

EDIT:
Adding the base xml file needed in case you add this plugin and don't have any profiles. This was my case which makes the plugin useless.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project version="4">
  <component name="LessManager">
    <option name="lessProfileMap">
      <map>
        <entry key="0">
          
        </entry>
      </map>
    </option>
  </component>
</project>

Use @remitmaster comment for reference of the structure inside the entry tag. Once you have a profile and it gets loaded into Intellij you will be able to edit the values. So you don't have to get the paths right on the first try.

Hope this helps.

[pcornelissen]

I know this plugin is open source and we have no right to demand support, but any answer would be good, if you don't have time to maintain the plugin, please state so, maybe this will encourage someone else to pick it up.

[kroleternal]

join the question

[farnott]

I figured it out! I'm on version 2019.1 of PhpStorm.

The problem only occurs when creating a new project, so I opened the .idea folder of an older project that was working fine with the LESS plugin and copied the lessc folder and pasted it into the .idea folder of my new project. Closed the project in PhpStorm and then reopened it and the Less profile was there - it just needed the profile name, source directory and output directory editing then it worked perfectly!

[arifhussain353]

@remitmaster solution worked for me. As he mentioned. You must add your folder (project directory ) to <option name="name" value="{ -- name --}" /> this part.
After this, you can change the path in settings. But still, you will not be able to see the '+' button.

EDIT:
If you don't have lessc folder then create a folder and create a file inside named lessc.xml.