# Reusable content in templates

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Include templates are used to define reusable pieces of code (for example, standard headers, copyright statements, and so on) to be inserted in other templates by means of the `#parse` directives.

The `#parse` directive has the following syntax:

```
#parse("<include_template_name.extension>")
```

For example:

```
#parse("File Header.java")
```

Templates that can be referenced in this way in other templates are listed on the Includes tab of  the Editor | File and Code Templates settings page `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS)) .

Procedure: Create an include template

1. In the Settings dialog (`Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS))), go to `Editor | File and Code Templates` .

2. Open the Includes tab.

3. Click Create Template ![Create Template](https://resources.jetbrains.com/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.add.svg) on the toolbar and specify the include template name, extension, and body.

Procedure: Insert a reusable template into another template

* Add the `#parse` directive with the name of the include template that you want to insert. For an example, refer to [template syntax](using-file-and-code-templates.html#syntax).