What is the fastest/most effective way to create a “new ArrayList” in IntelliJ IDEA

Question

My goal is to type the following statement as fast/effective as possible using IntelliJ IDEA:

List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();

This is what I tried:

• use code completion List<String> list = new | , but too much to type
• use post fix code completion new ArrayList<>().var| , but still too much to type

Note | means Code complete here

In NetBeans there is a simple template like "al", which creates the statement above. I did not found such a live template in IDEA for that. Did I miss an important usage pattern in IDEA?

EDIT: That is not a dumb noobie question. I recently switched to IDEA and haven't grasp all things to be productive. Yes, I could define my own live template and then persist it in a configuration file to share it with my working computer or create a plugin, which provides my template. But that is not the question. Is there a fast standard/built-in way to do it?

Answer 1

You can create your own templates if you feel you need more to what IntelliJ provides

Read this link on IntellJ on code completion